{"id":229809,"date":"2025-06-08T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=229809"},"modified":"2025-06-08T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T12:50:54","slug":"a-friend-gives-a-neighbor-1323-feet-of-twine-from-a-brand-new-spool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/08\/a-friend-gives-a-neighbor-1323-feet-of-twine-from-a-brand-new-spool\/","title":{"rendered":"A friend gives a neighbor\u00a01323\u00a0feet of twine from a brand new spool,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A friend gives a neighbor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

feet of twine from a brand new spool, leaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

feet of twine on the spool. How many total feet of twine were originally on the spool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To solve the problem, we first need to understand what it is asking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Problem Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend gives away 13 2\/5 feet<\/strong> of twine, and 3 3\/5 feet<\/strong> of twine is left on the spool. We are to find out how much twine was originally on the spool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1: Convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • 1325=65+25=67513 \\frac{2}{5} = \\frac{65 + 2}{5} = \\frac{67}{5}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 335=15+35=1853 \\frac{3}{5} = \\frac{15 + 3}{5} = \\frac{18}{5}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Add the two amounts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Since the total original twine is the sum of the amount given away and the amount left: 675+185=855=17\\frac{67}{5} + \\frac{18}{5} = \\frac{85}{5} = 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n\n\n\n

    Step 3: Match the correct answer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The total original length of twine is 17 feet<\/strong>, which matches none of the answer options directly as they are all fractions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let’s double-check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The question asks how many total feet<\/strong>, and we just found that it’s exactly 17 feet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • But the answer choices are:\n
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      • A) 7615=5115\\frac{76}{15} = 5 \\frac{1}{15}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • B) 7915=5415\\frac{79}{15} = 5 \\frac{4}{15}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • C) 8115=5615=525\\frac{81}{15} = 5 \\frac{6}{15} = 5 \\frac{2}{5}<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • D) 8515=51015=523\\frac{85}{15} = 5 \\frac{10}{15} = 5 \\frac{2}{3}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Wait, these are in 15ths. Let’s convert 17<\/strong> to a fraction with denominator 15: 17=2551517 = \\frac{255}{15}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        None of the answer choices match 25515\\frac{255}{15}, so it appears the answer options may have been printed incorrectly or there’s a misinterpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        However, it’s likely that the numbers were misread. Let’s check the image again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        From the image<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Gave away: 13 2\/5<\/strong> feet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Left: 3 3\/5<\/strong> feet<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Total: 1325+335=675+185=855=1713 \\frac{2}{5} + 3 \\frac{3}{5} = \\frac{67}{5} + \\frac{18}{5} = \\frac{85}{5} = 17 feet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          \u2705 Final Answer: 17 feet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          None of the options match, but based on the math, 17 feet is correct.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          A friend gives a neighbor feet of twine from a brand new spool, leaving feet of twine on the spool. How many total feet of twine were originally on the spool? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: To solve the problem, we first need to understand what it is asking: Problem Summary: A friend gives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}