A bookshelf is 3 ½ feet long. Each book on the shelf in ⅝ inches wide. How many books will fit on the shelf?

5 books.

Step-by-step explanation:

You must divide 3 1/2 by 5/8. To do this, switch 3 1/2 to an improper fraction (7/2) and multiply by the reciprocal.

7/2  x  8/5  =  56/10.

56/10 can be simplified to 5 6/10, which can then be simplified to 5 3/5. Thus, your answer would be 5 3/5, but you cannot fit 3/5 of a book on a bookshelf since you'd have to cut 2/5 of the book off and that's not logical. So, your answer would be 5 books, and you'd have 2/5 inches of space left over.

Divide the width of the shelf by the widthof the books.

First rewrite feet as inches:

1 foot = 12 inches.

3 1/2 feet x 12 inches per foot = 42 inches

Now divide the width of the shelf by the width of the book:

Now you have 42  /  5/8

When dividing by a fraction flip the second fraction over and change division to multiplication:

42 x 8/5

Now Multiply across:

7/2 x 8/5 = (42 x 8) /5 = 336/5 = 67.2

Round to the nearest whole number: 62

The shelf will hold 62 books.

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