Question

A $16$ meter rod is cut into $\frac{2}{3}$ meter pieces. How many pieces do we get?

Answer 1

Total length $=16m$.

Length of each piece $=\frac{2}{3}$m

Number of pieces $=\frac{\text{total length}}{\text{length of each peice}}=\frac{16}{\frac{2}{3}}$

$=16\times \frac{3}{2}=24$