Question

A piece of wire `5/4` m long is to be cut into 20 pieces of the same length. What is the length of each piece?

Answer 1

`1/8 m = 12.5 cm`

Explanation:

We can divide `5/4` by 20 to find out the length of each piece:

`5/4-:20=cancel5/4xx1/cancel20^4=1/8` of a metre

Since `1/8=0.125`, we can also say each piece is 12.5 centimetres long