Question

Anitha brought a ribbon of 8 1/2 meters and divided into 5 pieces

Answer 1

length of ribbon=17/2 m

to divide it in 5 pieces, divide 17/2 with 5

⇒17/(2*5)=1.7m

= 170 cm

after dividing lenght of each piece will be 170 cm

Answer 2

This is a question on division of fractions.

We need to find the length of each ribbon.

The total length of the ribbon is :

= 8 1/2 meters.

we want to divide it into 5 pieces.

First convert the given fraction to an improper fraction :

We have :

= 17/2

Now 17/2 ÷ 5

= 17/2 × 1/5 = 1.7 m

Each Ribbon is of length :

= 1.7 m