An electrician needs to buy 800 centimeters of electrical tape. How many rolls of tape should the electrician order if there are 400 centimeters of tape on each roll?
The electrician needs to buy 800 centimeters of electrical tape, and each roll has 400 centimeters of tape.
To find the number of rolls the electrician should order, we divide the total amount of tape needed by the amount of tape on each roll:
800 centimeters / 400 centimeters per roll = 2 rolls.
Therefore, the electrician should order 2 rolls of tape.