Cole made fancy green costume decorations for each of the $4$ dancers in his year-end dance performance. He cut $\frac{1}{2}$ of a yard of ribbon into equal pieces to make the decorations. How long was each piece of ribbon? $\newline$ Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. $\newline$ _____ yards

Full solution

Q. Cole made fancy green costume decorations for each of the

4

dancers in his year-end dance performance. He cut

\frac{1}{2}

of a yard of ribbon into equal pieces to make the decorations. How long was each piece of ribbon?

\newline

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

\newline

_____ yards

Calculate total ribbon: Cole has $\frac{1}{2}$ yard of ribbon and needs to divide it among $4$ dancers. To find the length of each piece, divide the total ribbon by the number of pieces needed. Calculation: $\frac{1}{2} \div 4 = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1}{8}.$