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Carmen has a rope 54 feet long. She wants to cut it into 6-foot lengths to make jump ropes for the members of the jump roping team. How many jump ropes can Carmen make?

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User Cpalmer
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54 divided by 6 is 9. she can 9 times
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User Inscaven
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You have 54 feet total, and you need to 'cut it up' into 6 foot pieces. You can rephrase this as 54/6 because division is cutting it up. 54/6 is 9.
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