Martha made fancy red costume decorations for each of the 5 dancers in her year-end dance performance. She cut 21 of a yard of ribbon into equal pieces to make the decorations. How long was each piece of ribbon?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ yards
Q. Martha made fancy red costume decorations for each of the 5 dancers in her year-end dance performance. She cut 21 of a yard of ribbon into equal pieces to make the decorations. How long was each piece of ribbon?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number._____ yards
Identify Ribbon and Pieces: Identify total ribbon and number of pieces needed.Martha has 21 yard of ribbon and needs to divide it among 5 dancers.Calculation: 21÷5
Perform Division Calculation: Perform the division to find the length of each piece. 21÷5=101 Each dancer gets 101 of a yard of ribbon.
More problems from Divide fractions and mixed numbers: word problems