Karen had a roll of ribbon 48 1/2 metres long. How many pieces of ribbon of length 1 1/5m can she cut from the roll? How many metres of ribbon will be left?

40 and 0.5

Step-by-step explanation:

48 and 1/2 metres = 48.5 metres

1 and 1/5 metres = 1.2 metres

Take 48.5 and divide it by 1.2 and you will get 40.41666667 ...

Since the maximum whole number you can get is 40, you can cut 40 pieces of 1.2 metres of ribbon off.

Remainder = 48.5 - (40 x 1.2) = 0.5 metres left