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12 June, 14:53

Amanda has 5 pieces of wire that are each 15.5 feet long. She wants to cut the wire into 3.5 feet long pieces. Any extra wire will be considered scrap. How much scrap will Amanda have?

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  1. 12 June, 17:52
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    To do this, divide 15.5 by 3.5 to find how many times it can be divided before there are scraps. 15.5 divided by 3.5 is 4 pieces, with a remainder of 1.5. so she will have 1.5 feet of scraps.
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