Question

Mary is cutting strips of paper for a craft project. Each strip is 1/6 of a sheet of paper. Mary has 2/3 of a sheet of paper left to cut. She wants to determine how many more strips of paper she can cut from what is left.

Mary can cut ___ more strips than paper

Answer 1

4 more strips

Explanation:

Given that:

Length per strip = 1/6

Fraction of paper left = 2/3

Number of strips that can be cut from the Fraction left ;

Fraction left ÷ length per strip

2/3 ÷ 1/6

2/3 * 6/ 1

(2 * 6) / (3 * 1)

12 / 3

= 4