Question

Tom used 5/8 yards of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite he cut the length of ribbon into equal pieces that were 1/12 yard long how many pieces each 1/12 yard long did Tom cut from the 5/8 ribbon

Answer 1

7 pieces, with a short piece left over (the leftover piece is 1/24 yd long).

Explanation:

Divide the available 5/8 yd by 1/12 yd/ribbon to determine the number of pieces of 1/12 yd length could be obtained:

5

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8

======= This can be evaluated by inverting the 1/12 and then multiplying.

1

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12

We get 5/8 times 12/1, or 60/8, which is equal to 7 4/8 pieces.

Tom was able to cut 7 1/12-yd pieces from the 5/8 yd piece, and has a 1/24 yd piece left over / remaining.

Answer 2

Answer would be 7.5

`(1)/(12) * 7.5 = (5)/(8)`