Barbara bought a piece of rope that was 7 1/3 meters long. She cut the rope into 3 equal pieces. How long is each piece of rope?
Using our mixed number converter, we see that:
7&1/3 = 22/3
Split into 3 equal pieces, we have:
22/3 / 3 = 22/9 or 2&4/9
A section of land measuring 3 & 3/6 acres is divided equally among 7 people. How many acres will each person get?
We want 3&3/6 /7
Using our fraction calculator, we get:
1/2 acre per person
A cook has 2 3/4 pounds of ground beef. How many quarter-pound burgers can he make?
Using our mixed number calculator, we see:
2&3/4 = 11/4
A quarter pounder is 1/4, so we have:
11 * (1/4) = 11/4
So we can make 11 quarter pound burgers
You and two friends share 7 cookies equally. How many cookies do you each get?
7/3 = 2 with a remainder of 1/3
So everybody gets 2 whole cookies, and they split the last cookie into 1/3.
2 & 1/3