kaya brings her sister a stick to hold up a bird feeder. her sister says that she needs a stick that is 5/8 times as long as the stick kaya brought to her. kaya finds a stick that is longer than her first stick.
And your question is?
how can you tell whether kaya's sister will or will not be able to use the the longer stick without knowing the lenghth of the first stick?
5/8 of the stick is smaller than the second stick.
the first stick is 3/4 ft long.kaya found five more sticks as shown .
STICK A 9/10 FT LONG
STICK B 5/3 FT LONG
STICK C 1/3 FT LONG
STICK D 3/8 FT LONG
STICK E 6/8 FT LONG
LIST ALL THE STICKS THAT KAYA'S SISTER MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE .
None of those answers fits your original problem.
(5/8) * (3/4) = 15/32 foot
To find a stick that is 5/8 times as long as the stick Kaya brought, you'll need to multiply the length of the stick by 5/8.
Let's assume the length of the stick Kaya brought is 'x' units.
To find a stick that is 5/8 times as long as x, you can calculate it by multiplying x by 5/8:
Stick Length = x * 5/8
If Kaya finds a stick that is longer than her first stick, it means the length of the newly found stick is greater than the length of the stick she initially brought.
Now, let's consider an example where Kaya brought a stick that is 10 units long. To find a stick that is 5/8 times as long, we can substitute 'x' with 10 in the above equation:
Stick Length = 10 * 5/8
Stick Length = 50/8
Stick Length ≈ 6.25 units
In this case, Kaya would need to find a stick that is approximately 6.25 units long to fulfill her sister's requirement of having a stick that is 5/8 times as long as the stick she brought.