Question

The dance teacher is making lows for her students' costumes. She has 4 yards of ribbon and cuts the ribbon into 6 equal pieces. How many yards long is each piece of ribbon?

Answer 1

Two thirds of a yard

Explanation:

First convert the yards into feet:

4 yards = 12 feet

Then divide those 12 feet by 6 to represent it being cut into 6 smaller but equal parts. This will leave you with one part being 2 feet long.

Since one yard is 3 feet, each piece is two thirds of a yard.