A spool of lanyard is 20 yards long. If it is cut into pieces that are each 1.25 yards long, how many pieces of lanyard will there be?
There will be 16 pieces of lanyard.
To find out how many pieces of lanyard there will be, divide the total length of the spool by the length of each piece.
Total length of the spool = 20 yards
Length of each piece = 1.25 yards
Number of pieces = Total length of the spool / Length of each piece
Number of pieces = 20 yards / 1.25 yards
Using division, we can calculate:
Number of pieces = 16
Therefore, there will be 16 pieces of lanyard.