Question

The length of a ribbon is 2/3 of a yard. I'd like to cut it into 4 equal pieces of ribbon. How long will each piece be?

a) 1/6 yard
b) 1/3 yard
c) 1/2 yard
d) 1 yard

Answer 1

To find the length of each piece of ribbon when dividing 2/3 of a yard into 4 equal pieces, we calculate (2/3) * (1/4), resulting in 1/6 yard for each piece.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question concerns dividing a length of ribbon that is 2/3 of a yard into 4 equal pieces. Let's use what we know about fractions to solve this problem. First, consider that one yard is equivalent to 3 feet, confirming our initial fraction of 2/3 yard is still an equality.

When dividing this length by 4, we perform the following calculation:

(2/3 yard) / 4 = (2/3) * (1/4) = 2/12 = 1/6 yard.

Therefore, each piece of the ribbon will measure 1/6 yard.