Question

Tasha has 10.4 yards of lace. She uses 2 yards for a project. Then she cuts the remaining lace into 6 equal pieces.

How many yards long is each piece of lace?

Answer 1

To find out how many yards long each piece of lace is, we'll start by determining how much lace Tasha has left after using some for her project.

1. **Calculate the remaining lace after the project:**
\[
\text{Remaining lace} = \text{Total lace} - \text{Lace used}
\]
\[
\text{Remaining lace} = 10.4 \, \text{yards} - 2 \, \text{yards} = 8.4 \, \text{yards}
\]

2. **Next, Tasha cuts the remaining lace into 6 equal pieces.** To find the length of each piece, we need to divide the remaining lace by the number of pieces:
\[
\text{Length of each piece} = \frac{\text{Remaining lace}}{\text{Number of pieces}} = \frac{8.4 \, \text{yards}}{6}
\]

3. **Perform the division:**
\[
\text{Length of each piece} = 8.4 \div 6 = 1.4 \, \text{yards}
\]

Thus, each piece of lace is **1.4 yards long**.