A 4-inch long ribbon is cut into pieces. If the length of each piece is 12of an inch, how many pieces are cut?
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If each piece is "1/2" inch, 8 pieces.
To find out how many pieces are cut from a 4-inch long ribbon with each piece being 1/2 an inch in length, we can use the equation:
Number of pieces = Total length of ribbon / Length of each piece
Total length of ribbon = 4 inches
Length of each piece = 1/2 an inch
Number of pieces = 4 inches / (1/2) inch
To divide by a fraction, we can invert the fraction and multiply:
Number of pieces = 4 inches * (2/1)
Multiplying 4 inches by 2/1:
Number of pieces = 8 pieces
Therefore, 8 pieces can be cut from a 4-inch long ribbon with each piece being 1/2 an inch in length.
To find the number of pieces cut from a 4-inch long ribbon where each piece is 12 of an inch, we can use a simple division.
We need to divide the length of the ribbon by the length of each piece.
Length of ribbon = 4 inches
Length of each piece = 12 of an inch
To convert inches to fractions, we can multiply both the length of the ribbon and the length of each piece by the denominator of the fraction. In this case, we can multiply both by 8 to get whole numbers:
Length of ribbon = 4 inches * 8 = 32
Length of each piece = 12 of an inch * 8 = 96
Now we can perform the division:
Number of pieces = Length of ribbon ÷ Length of each piece
Number of pieces = 32 ÷ 96
Dividing 32 by 96 equals 0.3333...
However, since we need to cut the ribbon into whole pieces, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. Thus, we get:
Number of pieces = 0
So, 0 pieces can be cut from the 4-inch long ribbon if each piece is 12 of an inch.