Nine yards of ribbon are cut into 8 equal pieces.what is the length of each piece of ribbon.write a division expression to represent the problem and solve

Answer 1

Hi Laci,

Solving this word problem is just writing a division statement. You have 9 yards of ribbon and you divide it by 8 since all the cuts are of equal length.

So, the length of each piece will be 9 yards of ribbon divided by 8 pieces. This can be written as

9 ÷ 8

or

9/8