Question

from a rope of the length 40 m a man cut some equal sized pieces how many pieces can be cut if each piece is of 4/9 metres length

Answer 1

The total no. of such pieces will be 40÷4/9=40×9/4=90.

Answer 2

length of the rope = 40 m

length of each piece = 4/9

number of pieces that can be cut

= 40/(4/9)

= 90