Question

Emma is scrapbooking she has 9 inches of paper and needs to cut it into 2/5 inch strips of paper how many strips will she be able to make

Answer 1

First off it would be 9 divided by 2/5.
Then by using the reciprocal, multiply them both (change 9 to 9/1)

9/1 x 5/5 = 45/2

If you would like to convert it, it would be 22 1/2

Answer 2

22 strips.

Explanation:

In order to solve this you just have to divide the total inches of paper that she actually has by the size of the strips that she´s going to make:

`9 inches/2/5\\( 9inches)/((2)/(5) ) \\(45)/(2)\\22(1)/(2)`

So as you can see she can make a total of 22 strips and a half, but the half won´t be useful so she can make 22 strips.