Roll of wallpaper
An art student uses a roll of wallpaper to decorate two gift boxes. The student will use 3 1/3 yards of paper for one box and 5/6 yards of paper for the other box. He must cut the paper into pieces that are 1/6 yard long. How many pieces will the student cut to use for the gift boxes?
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