A ribbon is 32/3 yards long. Mae needs to cut the ribbon into pieces that are 2/3 of a yard long. How many pieces of ribbon can she cut?

16

Step-by-step explanation:

if the ribbon is 32/3 yards long and you need 2/3 yard long segments the denominators cancel out giving you 32 and 2 32/2 = 16

16 pieces of ribbon

Step-by-step explanation  

if you divide the length of the ribbon by the length of the pieces she needs to cut it into, you get 16.

the difference between a number and 5 is -2.

step-by-step explanation:

notice that the equation you are given has -2 (negative 2) on the right side, not 2. when you subtract 5 from a number n, you are finding the difference between the number and 5.

the difference between a number and 5 is -2.