Question

lola had 1 yard of string. she used 1/4 for a project. she wants to divided the rest of the string into pieces 1/8 yard long. how many 1/8 yard pieces of string can she make?

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Answer:

Lola had 1 yard of string

She uses 1/4 for a project

Remaining string = 1 - 1/4 = 3/4 or 6/8 yards of string

She needs strings of length 1/8 yard

Number of strings of 1/8 yard she can get   =

remaining string / length of each string

(6/8)  / (1/8)

6 strings

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