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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-06-11

Angie has 12 feet of string. She will cut the string into equal lengths of 5 inches each. How much string will be left after she cuts as many of these lengths as possible?

Asked by jrANTRAX00

Answer (2)

12 ÷ 5 = 2.4. So there will be 0.4 string left.

Answered by Hilda1383 | 2024-06-10

Angie has 12 feet of string, which is 144 inches. After cutting as many 5-inch pieces as possible, she will have 4 inches of string left. She can cut 28 pieces of 5 inches each from the total string length.
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Answered by Hilda1383 | 2025-02-19