Question

Mia has 20 meters of ribbon. She is cutting it into pieces that are 0.8m long. How many 0.8m pieces of ribbon will she have?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Length of the ribbon is 20m. And length of equal cut pieces is 0.8m. Let the ribbon is cut into n equal pieces. Then, length of n equal parts = 0.8n.

Given, Length of ribbon is 20m. Then,

`\tt{n * 0.8 = 20}`

`\rightarrow{ \tt{n = (20)/(0.8) = \boxed{25}}}`

Hence, 25 equal pieces of ribbon of length 0.8 m can be cut from a ribbon of length 20m.