Double question! Whoever answers gets 20 points!
Carlos had a piece of tubing that was 21β2β yd long. He needed to cut it into 5 pieces of equal length. How long would each piece of tubing be?
A student solved the problem this way:
21β2βΓ·5=5β2βΓ·5β1β
=5β2ββ
1ββ5β
=5β10β
=1β2β
Each piece would be 1β2β yd long.
Use a similar strategy to solve this problem.
Ryan had 4 pieces of pipe that were each 11β3β yd long. He also had a piece of wood that was
41β6β
yd long. Ryan needed to cut the wood into 5 pieces that were all the same length to finish a building project.
How long would each piece of wood be?
5β12β
yd
51β6β
yd
11β5β
yd
5β6β
yd