Zachary's art club ordered a giant sub sandwich for a party. It was 6 feet long! When the sandwich arrived, Zachary cut it into 16 equal pieces.How long was each piece?Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.____ feet
Q. Zachary's art club ordered a giant sub sandwich for a party. It was 6 feet long! When the sandwich arrived, Zachary cut it into 16 equal pieces.How long was each piece?Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.____ feet
Calculate sandwich piece length: First, we need to figure out how much each piece of sandwich measures if the whole sandwich is 6 feet long and it's divided into 16 pieces.
Perform division: Perform the division to find the length of each piece.
Convert decimal to fraction: Convert the decimal to a fraction to make it easier to understand. Since 0.375 can be expressed as 1000375, we simplify this fraction.
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