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A piece of ribbon that is 8 1/3 yards will be cut into 5 equal pieces to make bows. How much ribbon will be used for each bow?
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A piece of ribbon that is 8 1/3 yards will be cut into 5 equal pieces to make bows. How much ribbon will be used for each bow?

User Oleh Liskovych
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8 1/3 divided by 5
=8 1/3 *1/5
=25/3 *1/5
=25/15
=1 10/15
=1 2/3
User Andrii Yurchuk
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The closest is 1.66 yards per ribbon. All you have to do is divide the 8 1/3 (8.33) by 5 (8.66/5) and that should be it.
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