Question

Please answer asap (it's due tomorrow), Mrs. Carter is preparing materials for a craft project. She needs to cut 5 meters of ribbon into pieces that are 0.5 meter long. How many 0.5-meter pieces can she cut from 5 meters of ribbon? Please check your answer, show your work.

Answer 1

10 pieces

Explanation:

You take the total (5 meters) and divide it by the length she needs (0.5 meters) to get 10

Answer 2

Mrs. Carter can cut 10 pieces of 0.5-meter-long ribbon from 5 meters of ribbon.

Here's how you can calculate it:

- Divide the length of the ribbon by the length of each piece: 5 ÷ 0.5 = 10.

- Therefore, Mrs. Carter can cut 10 pieces of 0.5-meter-long ribbon from 5 meters of ribbon.