High School

Jasmine is cutting a ribbon into equal-size pieces. Look at each situation. Jasmine will use only pieces of ribbon that are exactly the given length. Will she have ribbon left over?

Length of whole ribbon: 5 feet
Length of each piece: [tex]\frac{5}{6}[/tex] feet

a. Yes
b. No

Answer :

Jasmine can cut exactly 6 pieces of ribbon that are 5/6 feet long from the 5 feet ribbon, with no ribbon left over. The answer is No, she will not have ribbon left over.

The student is asking a question related to division and measurement. Jasmine has a ribbon that is 5 feet long and she wants to cut it into equal-size pieces, each measuring 5/6 feet. To determine if Jasmine will have any ribbon left over after cutting, we divide the total length of the ribbon by the length of each piece. Here is the calculation:

5 feet \/ (5/6 feet) = 6

This means Jasmine can cut exactly 6 pieces of ribbon that are 5/6 feet long from the 5 feet ribbon, with no ribbon left over. Hence, the answer to whether Jasmine will have ribbon left over is No.

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