Question

Audrey has a ribbon that measures yards long. She cuts the ribbon into pieces that are each

Audrey has a ribbon that measures 6 yards long. She cuts the ribbon into pieces that are each 1/3 yard long. yard long. Then she cuts each of these pieces in half. How many pieces of ribbon does Audrey have now?

Answer 1

36 pieces of ribbon

Explanation:

When Audrey cuts the ribbon into pieces that are each 1/3 yards long, she has 18 pieces (1/3 * 18 is 6, or the other way to think about it would be, 6 / (1/3) = 18). If she were to cut each of the pieces in half one more time, she would have 18 * 2 or 36 pieces of ribbon