Question

Kalani had a length of \[3\dfrac{1}{3}\,\text{m}\] of cloth and cut \[2\dfrac{5}{12}\] strips the full width of the cloth. let \[\ell\] represent the length, in meters, of each whole strip. select \[1\] multiplication and \[1\] division equation to represent the relationship?

Answer 1

The multiplication equation is \(\ell\) \(\times\) 2\(\dfrac{5}{12}\) = 3\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) and the division equation is 3\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) \(\div\) 2\(\dfrac{5}{12}\) = \(\ell\) for finding the length of each whole strip that Kalani cut from the cloth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Kalani had 3\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) meters of cloth and cut 2\(\dfrac{5}{12}\) strips the full width of the cloth. To find the length \(\ell\) of each whole strip, we need to set up both a multiplication and a division equation that represent this relationship.

The multiplication equation would be \(\ell\) \(\times\) 2\(\dfrac{5}{12}\) = 3\(\dfrac{1}{3}\), indicating that the total length of the cloth is equal to the length of one strip multiplied by the number of strips.

The division equation would be 3\(\dfrac{1}{3}\) \(\div\) 2\(\dfrac{5}{12}\) = \(\ell\), showing that the length of one strip is obtained by dividing the total length of the cloth by the number of strips.