Question:
From a rope 40 metres long, pieces of equal size are cut. If the length of one piece is 10/3 metre, find the number of such pieces.
Solution:
From the question it is given that,
The length of rope = 40 m
The length of one piece of rope = 10/3
Let us assume the total number of pieces be y.
So,
(10/3) y = 40
y = (40 × 3)/10
y = 120/10
y = 12 pieces
∴The number of pieces cut from the rope are 12.