A piece of rope is cut in half. Each of the pieces is then cut in half. Each of those is then cut in half.what fraction of the original length of rope is each of the pieces

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The numerator (top number of a fraction) is the total number of parts we have. The denominator (bottom number of a fraction) is the number of parts something is divided into.

The rope is first cut in half, so there are 2 pieces.

Then, those 2 pieces are cut in half. Now, there are 4 pieces.

Finally, those 4 pieces are cut in half. Now, there are 8 pieces.

The rope is divided into 8 total pieces, so the denominator is 8. The question asks about each piece, which means the numerator is 1. That makes the fraction 1/8. Each piece of the rope is 1/8 of the original length of the rope.