Mathematics
Grade6
Easy
Question
Shelly wants to divide 27 cm long ribbon into pieces of 
cm long.
Find the number of cm long pieces that can be cut from 27 cm long ribbon.
- 9
- 12
- 15
- 18
Hint:
To find the number of pieces of ribbon she get ,we need to divide the total length of ribbon by length of each piece of ribbon.
The correct answer is: 15
Length of ribbon 
cm
Length of each piece she wanted to cut = cm
Number of pieces 
we can multiply the reciprocal of the denominator with the numerator to find the value of the problem.
pieces
Therefore, the number of cm long pieces that can be cut from 27 cm long ribbon is 15.
piecesTherefore, the number of
cm long pieces that can be cut from 27 cm long ribbon is 15.
