two pieces of metal each are cut into tenths. how many pieces will there be?
20
The answer is 20 because one equals 10 and since there are two multiply 10*2 which will equal 20 or just add 10+10 which equals 20.
Niharika has two pieces of ribbon -red 576cm ,blue 736cm she wants to cut these pieces into smaller equal pieces to distribute among her friends
(a) What is the length of the longest piece that can be so that no ribbon is wanted?
To find out how many pieces there will be when two pieces of metal are cut into tenths, we need to determine the number of tenths in each piece and then add them together.
Since each piece of metal is cut into tenths, we can assume that each piece can be divided into 10 equal parts. Hence, each piece can be represented by the fraction 1/10.
To find the total number of pieces, we add the two fractions together:
1/10 + 1/10
To add fractions, we need to make sure they have a common denominator. Here, both fractions already have a common denominator of 10, so we can simply add the numerators:
1/10 + 1/10 = 2/10
Now, we simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2 in this case:
2/10 = 1/5
Therefore, when two pieces of metal are cut into tenths, there will be a total of 1/5 or one-fifth of a piece.