Question

A tailor used 2 meters of string to make 10 Halloween masks. He used _ of a meter for each mask.

Answer 1

one fifth of a meter for each mask
2/10=1/5

Answer 2

Answer: He used
`(1)/(5)` of a meter for each mask.

Explanation:

Given : A tailor used 2 meters of string to make 10 Halloween masks.

Here, Total length of string = 2 meters

Number of masks = 10

The the part of a meter of string is used for each Halloween mask will be :-

`(2)/(10)=(1)/(5) \text{ meter}` [Divide total length of string by number of masks]

Hence, he used
`(1)/(5)` of a meter for each mask.