I have a ribbon that is 5 feet long need to cut into 12 equal lengths how may feet should each piece be

Question

Malcolm has a ribbon that is 5feet long . He needs to cut the ribbon into 12 equal length pieces. How many feet should each piece of ribbon be?

Answer 1

Malcolm has a ribbon that is 5feet long . He needs to cut the ribbon into 12 equal length pieces. How many feet should each piece of ribbon be?

The length of the ribbon is 5 ft.

Simply divide the length, 5 ft, by 12 to get the length of each individual piece.

The length of each piece is 5/12 ft

Since 1 ft is 12 inches, then the length is also equal to 5 inches.