A ribbon is 3 meters long. Can we cut it in to 50 cm pieces and have nothing left over? Write the reason why or why not?
300cm. YOu can cut it into 6 pieces evenly.
To determine whether a 3-meter long ribbon can be cut into 50 cm pieces without anything left over, we need to check whether the length of the ribbon is evenly divisible by the length of each piece.
First, let's convert the length of the ribbon and the desired length of each piece to the same unit. Since 1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters, we can convert the length of the ribbon to centimeters:
3 meters * 100 centimeters/meter = 300 centimeters
Now we can check if 300 centimeters can be evenly divided by 50 centimeters, which means dividing without a remainder:
300 centimeters ÷ 50 centimeters = 6
Since 300 centimeters can be divided by 50 centimeters evenly, with a quotient of 6, it means that the 3-meter long ribbon can indeed be cut into 50 cm pieces without anything left over.