Riley has a piece of yarn that is 6 1 2 ft long. She wants to cut the yarn into sections that are each 1 4 ft long. How many sections will the yarn be cut into?

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asked Oct 9, 2019 114k views

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Jeremy Z · Answer 1 · 2019-10-13T16:28:36+0000

Answer: The yarn will be cut into 26 sections.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of piece of yarn =
$6(1)/(2)=(13)/(2)\ feet$

Length of section =
$(1)/(4)\ feet$

We need to find the number of sections that will be cut into:

So, the number of sections would be

$(13)/(2)/ (1)/(4)\\\\=(13)/(2)* (4)/(1)\\\\=13* 2\\\\=26$

Hence, the yarn will be cut into 26 sections.