Question

A ribbon is 32/3 yards long. Mae needs to cut the ribbon into pieces that are 2/3 of a yard long. How many pieces of ribbon can she cut?

Answer 1

16 pieces of ribbon

Step-by-step explanation

if you divide the length of the ribbon by the length of the pieces she needs to cut it into, you get 16.

Answer 2

16

Explanation:

if the ribbon is 32/3 yards long and you need 2/3 yard long segments the denominators cancel out giving you 32 and 2 32/2 = 16