document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=484159>Question 484159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many 3 1/3' feet pieces of wire can you cut from a 68' foot long  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You can solve this mentally, without having to deal with dividing by improper fractions, by seeing that 3 1/3 feet is exactly one-third of 10 feet.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you can get 3 pieces of length 3 1/3 feet from each 10 feet of wire, which means 3*6 = 18 pieces from 10*6 = 60 feet of wire.  Then from the remaining 8 feet of wire you can get another 2 pieces of length 3 1/3 feet, for a total of 18+2 = 20 pieces.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSwER: 20<br><BR>\n" );
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