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a rope is 12.5 feet long is being cut into smaller pieces of rope each 1.25 feet long. how many pieces of rope can be cut from the large piece of rope

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It’s just simple division, 12.5/1.25=?
User Tom Sabel
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This is division. 12.5 ÷ 1.25 = 10

So, 10 pieces of rope can be cut from the large piece of rope.

Hope this helps! :)

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