Question

Eli made fancy blue costume decorations for each of the dancers in his year-end dance performance.He used 1/10 of a meter of ribbon for each decoration,which he got by cutting 1/5 of a meter of ribbon into equal pieces. How many decorations did Eli make?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 2 decorations that Eli makes.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of a meter of ribbon used =
`(1)/(10)=(1)/(10)* 100=10`

Length of a meter cut into equal pieces =
`(1)/(5)=(1)/(5)* 100=20`

So, Number of decorations that Eli make is given by

`\frac{\text{Length of total ribbon}}{\text{Length of ribbon used}}\\\\=(20)/(10)\\\\=2`

Hence, there are 2 decorations that Eli makes.