Question

Karen had a roll of ribbon 48 1/2 metres long. How many pieces of ribbon of length 1 1/5m can she cut from the roll? How many metres of ribbon will be left?

Answer 1

Answer:

48+1/2= 97/2

no. of pieces= 97/2÷11/5

=97*5/2*11= 485/22

=22 pieces

1 m of ribbon will be left.

Answer 2

Answer:

40 pieces

0.5 metres of ribbon will be left.

Step-by-step explanation:

The total length of ribbon in the roll is 48.5 metres.

We have to cut ribbon pieces of length 1.2 metres from the roll.

We have to find the number of pieces of ribbon that can be obtained from the roll.

Let us divide 48.5 metres with 1.2 metres.  

We have, 48.5/1.2= 40.4167, so, 40 numbers of pieces can be obtained with some extra length remaining. (Answer)

Now, the length of the remaining ribbon will be [48.5-(1.2×40)]=48.5-48 =0.5m (Answer)