Question

Sarita bought 87 1/2 metres of ribbon from sale . She cut them into pieces of 6 1/4 m each for streamers to decorate the school hall for Christmas. How many pieces did she get? were there any left ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

so amount got = 87.5 m

and amount to be divided = 6.25m

87.5 ÷ 6.25 = 14 pieces gotten

and no pieces left