Kenny had a rope of 10 m long

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Problem

Kenny had a rope of 10 m long. He cut 4 pieces of rope, each of length 35\frac{3}{5} m to pitch a tent. He then cut the remaining rope into some pieces, each of length 23\frac{2}{3} m. (1) How many pieces of rope, each 23\frac{2}{3} m in length, did Kenny have? (2) What was the length of rope left over?

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