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Noah has 10 meters of rope. How many pieces of rope of length 1/2
meter can he cut from it?

User Icilma
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He can cut 20 pieces of rope because for every one meter he can make two pieces of rope. You can do 10*2=20 or 10 divided by 1/2=20
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Answer:

He can cut 20 1/2m peice of rope from the 10m rope

Explanation:

divide

10 / .5 = 20

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