Question

A coil of rope 603 feet long is cut into 25 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
Express you'r answer as a mixed number and as a decimal.

Answer 1

Well you would take the total amount of the length of rope you have and divide it by how many parts you're cutting into. So 603/25... mixed number: 24 3/25 ft long; Decimal: 24.12 ft long!

Answer 2

We will first divide the total number of rope divide by the amount of equal pieces. 

603 ÷ 25 = 24.12

So, the decimal form is 24.12.

Lets convert the decimal to a mixed number.

$\frac{24.12}{1}$
$\frac{24.12 * 10 * 10 = 2412}{1 * 10 * 10 = 100}$
$\frac{2412}{100}$
$\frac{603}{25}$
$24\frac{3}{25}$

So, the decimal form is 24.12 feet. and the mixed number form is $24 \frac{3}{25}$.

Hope I helped ya!!!