Answer:
3 1/10 meters
Step-by-step explanation:
The twine is 5 3/5 meters long .
Frank used 2 1/2 meters to tie up a package.
Twine left will be = total length of twine - length of used twine
That’s
5 3/5 - 2 1/2
Change the fractions to improper fractions.
We have
28/5 - 5/2
Look for the LCM of the denominators.
The LCM = 10.
Now divide the lcm by the denominators and multiply the results with the numerators while the LCM becomes the denominator of the results.
We have
56 - 25 /10
31/10
3 1/10
The twine left is 3 1/10 meters
