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Grade-5
Divide Fractions by Whole Numbers - Word Problems
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Cathy bought
1
3
of a yard of ribbon. She cut it and made 5 small ribbons of equal length. What is the length of each ribbon?
(Solve and reduce the fraction.)
Explanation
1/3 ÷ 5
1/3 ÷ 5/1
Keep the first fraction as it is. Change division sign to multiplication and flip the second fraction.
1/3 x 1/5
Now, it can be done as multiplication of fractions.
Multiply both numerators together to get new numerator and multiply both denominators together to get new denominator
= (1 x 1)/(3 x 5)
= 1/15
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