The length of a metal rod is 9 3/4 feet. what is the length of 1/4 the rod?

The length of  is  feet.

To figure this out all we have to do is change  to a decimal, which would be 9.75. Since we are looking for of our original number, we can just divide it by 4 to find our answer.

In decimal form we get 2.4375, which is equal to 

in mixed number form or 

in exact form.

Although I think the answer you are looking for is in mixed number form:

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