An iltian sausae is 9 inces long. the chef needs to cut it into 2/3 inch pices. how many pices will he be able to cut

The number of pieces he will be able to cut is given by  

\frac{9}{ \frac{2}{3} } = \frac{9\times3}{2} = \frac{27}{2} =13.5

Therefore, he will be able to cut out 13 pieces with a remainder that is not up to the size of the other pieces.

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents