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Jeremy has 3 yards of ribbon to use for wrapping gifts. He cuts the ribbon into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many pieces of ribbon does Jeremy have? Can someone please explain if i have to divide
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Jeremy has 3 yards of ribbon to use for wrapping gifts. He cuts the ribbon into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many pieces of ribbon does Jeremy have?

Can someone please explain if i have to divide either:

3 ➗ 1/4

Or


1/4 ➗ 3

User Andy Mccullough
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1/4 divided by 3 and you should maybe get 1/12
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you would divide 1/4 by 3
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