Question

xia has 16 meters of rope. She cuts off 1/6 of the rope to use as a skipping rope for a party activity. how long is xias skipping rope

Answer 1

Hello there!

Your question states: Xia has 16 meters of rope. She cuts off 1/6 of the rope to use as a skipping rope for a party activity. how long is xias skipping rope.

You can find this by doing the following:

16/ 1/6 = ?

how many times does 1/6 go into 16?

The answer is 2 and 2/3 meters or 8/3 meters or 2.66667 meters


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Answer 2

$\frac{1}{6} \times 16 = \frac{8}{3} = 2.67m$
So, Xia's skipping rope is 2.67m long.