Question

Bath and 1 yard of ribbon. She is 1/2 yard for project. She wants to divide the rest of the ribbon into pieces 1/4 yards long. How many 1/4 pieces of ribbon can she make

Answer 1

2

Explanation:

Given:

Total length of ribbon = 1 yard

Length of ribbon used for project =
`(1)/(2)` yard

Length of ribbon the rest of ribbon is to be divided =
`(1)/(4)` yard

To find:

The number of ribbons of length
`(1)/(4)` yard that can be made = ?

Solution:

Length of ribbon left after the 1 yard ribbon is used for project can be calculated by subtracting the length of ribbon used from the initial length of ribbon.

i.e.

Length of ribbon left =
`1-(1)/(2) =(1)/(2)` yard

Now, number of ribbon of length
`(1)/(4)` yard can be found be dividing the length of ribbon left with the length of ribbon pieces to be cut.

i.e.

Number of ribbons:

`((1)/(2))/((1)/(4))\\\Rightarrow (1)/(2)* 4 = 2`