How many pieces of wire, each measuring 1 12 feet, can be obtained from a wire that is 30 feet long?

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How many pieces of wire, each measuring $1\frac{1}{2}$ feet, can be obtained from a wire that is 30 feet long?

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To find out how many pieces of wire of length

1\frac{1}{2}

feet can be cut from a 30-foot wire, we first convert

1\frac{1}{2}

feet to an improper fraction, which is

\frac{3}{2}

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What this question tests

Your fluency with the order of operations, fractions, decimals, and basic number sense — the foundation every quant question leans on.

Applying the order of operations out of sequence or rounding intermediate values before the final step.