SOLUTION: Fred has 10 pieces of rope for a craft project. If each piece of rope is one fourth yard long, what is the total length of rope Fred has? Plz, plz, plz heeeeeeelp!

Question 845190: Fred has 10 pieces of rope for a craft project. If each piece of rope is one fourth yard long, what is the total length of rope Fred has? Plz, plz, plz heeeeeeelp!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He has 10 times 1/4 yard of rope
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What is 2 times 1/4 of a yard?
That is 1/2 of a yard
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10 times = 5 x 2, so you need to
multiply 1/2 yard five more times
( 1/2 yard )*5 = 2 1/2 yards
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Hope this helps

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