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A piece of ribbon measures 4 meters how many pieces of 5 centimeters long can be cut from it

User Henk Dekker
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1 meter = 100 cm

4 meters x 100 = 400 cm

Divide total cm by cm per piece:

400/5 = 80

80 pieces.

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