Homework Help: 5th Grade fractions

Posted by Meghan on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 5:41pm.

Walt has a piece of rope which is 10 1/3 feet long. He has to cut it into 4 equal pieces. How long will each piece be? I took 10 1/3 divided by 4 which is 2.58333. How can I explain this to my 5th grader in fractions?

5th Grade fractions - Ms. Sue, Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 5:51pm
10 1/3 = 31/3

31/3 divided by 4 =
31/3 * 1/4 = 31/12 = 2 7/12
5th Grade fractions - dfoldfsjklfjkl, Monday, November 7, 2011 at 6:13pm
4

Answer this Question

Related Questions

math - A 120-foot long rope is cut into 3 pieces. the first rope is twice as ...
algebra - A 120-foot-long rope is cut into 3 pieces. The first piece of rope is ...
college algebra - how do you slove this problem a rope is 72 feet long is cut ...
MATH - The 120-foot rope is cut into 3 pieces.The first of rope is twice as long...
Math algebra - A 120- foot long rope is cut into three pieces the first piece of...
MATH - A 210 ft. long rope is cut into 3 pieces. The first piece of rope is 3 ...
alegebra - a 210 ft. long rope is cut into 3 pieces. the first piece of rope is ...
Meters - Vincent has cut three pieces of rope to complete a science project. Two...
math 5th grade - Lynda cut 3.2 meters of ribbon into equal-size pieces. Each ...
Math - Henrey had a piece of a rope that was 22 1/2 inches long. Henry cut the ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: