Question

Tom used 5/8 yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. He cut the length of ribbon in equal pieces that were 1/12 yard long. How many pieces, each 1/12 yard long did Tom cut from the 5/8 yard ribbon?

Answer 1

There are 7.5 pieces.

Explanation:

Given : Tom used
`(5)/(8)` yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. He cut the length of ribbon in equal pieces that were
`(1)/(12)` yard long.

To find : How many pieces, each
`(1)/(12)` yard long did Tom cut from the
`(5)/(8)` yard ribbon?

Solution :

The total length of the yard ribbon is
`(5)/(8)`

The length of the one piece cut from total is
`(1)/(12)`

Let 'x' be the number of pieces.

According to question,

`(1)/(12)x=(5)/(8)`

`x=(5* 12)/(8)`

`x=(5* 3)/(2)`

`x=(15)/(2)`

`x=7.5`

So, There are 7.5 pieces.

Answer 2

Here is the solution for the given problem above:
Given: 5/8 yard of ribbon = total length of the ribbon
1/12 yard = length of the ribbon after Tom cut it equally
? = number of pieces of 1/12 yard from 5/8 yard
So to divide fractions, here is the solution
5/8 divided by 1/12
5/8 multiplied by 12/1
5x12 is 60
8x1 is 8.
So 60/8 would be 7.5. Therefore, the number of pieces that was cut from the 5/8 ribbon is 7.5. Hope this answer helps.