Question 1167715
father bought (4 + 2/4) meters of chicken wire.


how many 3/4 meters of chicken wires were there.


you would want to divide (4 + 2/4) by (3/4)


that's the same as multiplying (4 + 2/4) * 4/3


that is equal to 4 * 4/3 + 2/4 * 4/3.


that is equal to 16/3 + 8/12.


put everything under a common denominator to get:


that is equal to 64/12 + 8/12 = 72/12


72/12 = 6


that says father will get 6 pieces of chicken wire, each measuring 3/4 meters long.


you can confirm this is true by using your calculator to get (4 + 2/4) / (3/4) = 6.


if you want to work with improper fractions, then 4 + 2/4 = 18/4.


18/4 / 3/4 = 18/4 * 4/3 = 18/3 = 6