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Elizabeth has a piece of ribbon that is 4.5 meters long. She wants to cut it into pieces that are 0.25 meter long. How many pieces of ribbon will she have?
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450÷25=□;18 pieces

25÷450=□;18 pieces

45÷25=□;1.8 pieces

25÷45=□;1.8 pieces
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Convert to whole numbers: 4.5 m = 450 cm and 0.25 m = 25 cm. So 450 ÷ 25 = 18.

Answer: 450 ÷ 25 = 18; she will have 18 pieces.