An italian sausage is 9 inches. The chef needs to cut it into 2/3 inch pieces . How many pieces will he be able to cut?

##13 ##pieces can be cut.

If the question sounds a bit confusing at first, make one similar to it, but with easy numbers.

A sausage is 10 inches long and needs to be cut into pieces each of 2 inches long.

We realise easily that this is a division .##10div2 = 5"" ##pieces will be cut.

Now do the same with the numbers we are given:

##9 div 2/3 = 9/1 xx 3/2##

=##27/2##

=##13 ## pieces and there will be a small piece left over