Question

Cierra has 2 5/8 meters of yarn that she wants to cut into 1/2 - meter lengths. How many half meter lengths of yarn will Cierra have?

Answer 1

5 pieces (with a leftover of 1/4 meters).

Step-by-step explanation:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Full length of yarn Cierra has}=2(5)/(8)\text{ meters} \\ \text{Length of each piece}=(1)/(2)\text{ meters} \end{gathered}`

To determine how many half meter lengths of yarn Cierra will have, we divide:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Number of half lengths=2}(5)/(8)/(1)/(2) \\ =(21)/(8)*(2)/(1) \\ =(42)/(8) \\ =5(2)/(8) \\ =5(1)/(4)\text{ pieces} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, Cierra will have exactly 5 pieces of half-meter lengths of yarn.