For each of the questions below, choose the expression that describes the solution. Then simplify it. (a) Maria bought 8 m of lace to decorate the bags she made for school. She used m for each bag and finished the lace. How many bags did she decorate? (b) meter of ribbon is used to make 8 badges. What is the length of the ribbon used for each badge? (c) A baker needs kg of flour to make one loaf of bread. He has 5 kg of flour. How many loaves of bread can he make?
Maria bought 8 m of lace to decorate the bags she made for school. She used m for each bag and finished the lace. How many bags did she decorate? (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Option (iii): bags
meter of ribbon is used to make 8 badges. What is the length of the ribbon used for each badge? (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Option (iv): m
A baker needs kg of flour to make one loaf of bread. He has 5 kg of flour. How many loaves of bread can he make? (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Option (iii): loaves
Explanation
(a) To find the number of bags, divide total lace by lace per bag: (b) To find ribbon per badge, divide total ribbon by number of badges: m (c) To find number of loaves, divide total flour by flour per loaf: