Jake needs 9 pieces of rope that are each the same length. he cuts the pieces from a rope that is 8 yards long and uses up the whole piece of rope.
how long is each piece of rope?
write the answer as a fraction and decimal.

9 pieces of rope form an 8 yard long rope

Divide.

8/9 yards of rope.

8/9 is approximately 0.89.

So 8/9 yards of rope or 0.89 yards of rope.

ANSWERS
Each rope has a length of 8/9 yards, or  yards (repeating digit is 8).

EXPLANATION
Division can be used to solve this problem.

In general, the equation "a/b = c" models the following situation: If you have something that is a units long and you divide it into b equal parts, then each equal part will be c units long.

We have a rope that is 8 yards long and we need 9 equal pieces.
Divide 8 yards by 9 to get the length of each piece.

   

Each piece is 8/9th of a yard or  yards long.

We can confirm this by adding the lengths of the nine equal pieces of rope back up to get the original length of the rope: