Edith wants to cut pieces of ribbon 1/3 meter long from a piece of 5/6 meter.how many pieces can be cut?
1/3 = 2/6
(5/6) / (2/6) = (5/6) * (6/2) = 30/12 = 2 1/2
2 pieces
A.2 Pieces
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Edith wants to cut pieces of ribbon 1/3 meter long from a piece of 5/6 meter.how many pieces can be cut?
2/6 = 1/3 because 3 is half of 6. So if we divide 5/6 by 2/6 we get 2
So your answer is 2!
8/9 is the given and the answer is 5 !
To find the number of pieces that can be cut, we need to divide the length of the ribbon by the length of each piece.
The length of each piece of ribbon is given as 1/3 meter, and the total length of the ribbon is 5/6 meter.
To perform the division, we can multiply the numerator (top) of the first fraction (5/6) by the denominator (bottom) of the second fraction (3).
5/6 * 3/1 = (5 * 3) / (6 * 1)
= 15/6
Now, we simplify this fraction. The numerator is not a multiple of the denominator, so we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3.
(15/3) / (6/3) = 5/2
Therefore, Edith can cut 5/2 pieces of ribbon from the given 5/6 meter. Since we can't have a fraction of a ribbon piece, Edith can cut a maximum of 2 pieces of ribbon.