Question

Carlos cut StartFraction 5 Over 12 EndFraction of a yard of cloth into 5 pieces of equal length. What was the length of each piece of cloth?

Answer 1

Answer:

Each piece of cloth is (1/12) of a yard long.

Step-by-step explanation:

Carlus cut 5/12 of a yard of cloth into 5 pieces of equal length.

To find the length of each piece of cloth, we need to find the quotient between the length of the piece of cloth, and the number of pieces in which we divide it.

This is:

length = $\frac{(5/12)yd}{5} = \frac{5yd}{12*5} = \frac{1yd}{12} \frac{5}{5} = \frac{1 }{12} yd$

This means that the length of each piece of cloth is (1/12) of a yard long.