drew has 4 pieces of rope 1 meter long each. He cuts each rope into fifths. How many fifths will he have after cutting all the rope.
Mathematics · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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Given:
Drew has 4 pieces of rope 1 meter long each. He cuts each rope into fifths.
Determine how many fifths will he have after cutting all the rope.
Solution:
In order to determine how many fifths will he have after cutting the rope, we simply needed to divide 1 by 1/5, then multiply the quotient to 4. We must also take note that when dividing with a fraction, we instead take its reciprocal then multiply the to the denominator.
= 1 / 1/5
= (1)(5/1)
= 5
= (5)(4)
= 20
Final answer:
20 pieces of 1/5s