Joanne has 9/10 yard of fabric that she wants to divide into 3 equal pieces. How long should each piece be?

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Skylar Adams · Accepted Answer

#3/10# First of all, there are a couple ways of doing this. you can do it by just dividing 9 by 3 parts. #9/10-:3/1=3/10# or you can do it by flipping the second variable and make it #9/10-:3/1=(9/10*1/3)=9/30# Once you have this answer, you can then simplify the fraction and it will become #3/10#

Cameron Arnold · Answer

undefined To divide 9/10 yard of fabric into 3 equal pieces, you would divide the total length of the fabric (9/10 yard) by the number of pieces (3).

$$ \frac{9/10 \text{ yard}}{3} = \frac{9}{10} \div 3 $$

To divide a fraction by a whole number, you simply divide the numerator by the number.

$$ \frac{9}{10} \div 3 = \frac{9}{10} \times \frac{1}{3} $$

To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together.

$$ \frac{9}{10} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{9 \times 1}{10 \times 3} = \frac{9}{30} $$

Then simplify the fraction if possible.

$$ \frac{9}{30} = \frac{3 \times 3}{10 \times 3} = \frac{3}{10} $$

So, each piece of fabric should be $\frac{3}{10}$ yard long.