Question

sulabha bought four and half meters of cloth she divided it into five eq
ual lengths and gave them to five friends have much cloth did each friends get​

Answer 1

Answer:

Each friend gets 9 dm. cloth.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total length of the cloth Sulabha bought= 4 +1/2 m.

                                                                    =(4/1 + 1/2) m.

                                                                    =(4 ×2 +1 × 1) /2

                                                                     =(8 + 1)/2=9/2 m.

Number of friends= 5

Length of cloth each friend gets = total length ÷ no. of friends

                                                      = (9/2) ÷ 5

                                                      =(9/2) ÷ 5/1

(When we write × at the place of ÷ the fraction which is on the right side of the division sign we write the reciprocal of that fraction.)

                                                    = (9/2) × (1/5)

                                                    =9/10 m.

                                                   = 9 dm.  (as 1/10 m.=1dm.so 9/10 m.=9 dm.