Question

Mrs. Ruiz has 11/12 yard of string to hang 3 banners. She uses the same length of string to hang each banner. How much string does she use for each banner?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{11}{36}$ yard

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of string Mrs. Ruiz has = $\frac{11}{12}$ yard

Mrs. Ruiz needs to hang 3 banners using the string.

Having known that each banner uses same length of string to be hung we can divide total length of sting into 3 equal parts.

So, we can divide $\frac{11}{12}$ yard by 3 as

⇒ $\frac{11}{12}\div 3$

Changing the division sing to multiplication by taking reciprocal of divisor.

⇒ $\frac{11}{12}\times \frac{1}{3}$

We can now multiply numerators and denominators.

⇒ $\frac{11}{36}$ yard

∴  Mrs. Ruiz must used  $\frac{11}{36}$ yard of string for each banner.