A student has 66 inches of fabric and needs to cut it into pieces of 22 inches each. How many pieces can be made?

To determine how many pieces of fabric can be made from a total of 66 inches when each piece is 22 inches long, one can simply divide the total length of fabric by the length of each piece. This is done using the division operation:

66 inches ÷ 22 inches per piece = 3 pieces.

Therefore, the calculation shows that the student can cut 3 complete pieces from the fabric. Understanding this requires recognizing that the division gives the number of full units that can be obtained from the total, which in this case represents the fabric. Each time you take a 22-inch piece from the 66 inches, you are reducing the total amount available until no more 22-inch pieces can fit into the original length.

The other options do not accurately represent the full pieces obtainable from 66 inches when divided by 22 inches.