Question

5 taylor has 5 yards of gold ribbon to decorate 8 costumes for the school play. she plans to use the same amount of ribbon for each costume. how many yards of ribbon will she use for each costume?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the operation

We need to divide the total length of ribbon (5 yards) by the number of costumes (8) to find the length per costume. So the operation is division: \( \text{Length per costume} = \frac{\text{Total length}}{\text{Number of costumes}} \)

Step2: Perform the division

Substitute the values: \( \frac{5}{8} = 0.625 \) yards.

Answer:

\( \frac{5}{8} \) (or 0.625) yards