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

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are 7.5 pieces.      

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Tom used $\frac{5}{8}$ yard of ribbon to tie weights on the tail of his kite. He cut the length of ribbon in equal pieces that were $\frac{1}{12}$ yard long.

To find : How many pieces, each $\frac{1}{12}$ yard long did Tom cut from the $\frac{5}{8}$ yard ribbon?

Solution :

The total length of the yard ribbon is $\frac{5}{8}$

The length of the one piece cut from total is $\frac{1}{12}$

Let 'x' be the number of pieces.

According to question,

$\frac{1}{12}x=\frac{5}{8}$

$x=\frac{5\times 12}{8}$

$x=\frac{5\times 3}{2}$

$x=\frac{15}{2}$

$x=7.5$

So, There are 7.5 pieces.