Aribbion is 3 2/3 yards long. mae needs to cut the ribbion into pieces that are 2/3 yard long. how much ribbion will be left after she cuts these pieces

To answer this question you need to divide to get the number of pieces and then multiply whats leff by 3 2/3.

Divide 3 2/3 by 2/3. There are a few ways to do this but I am going to turn 3 2/3 into an improper fraction and then divide.

So
Now divide



We can see she can get 5.5 pieces at 2/3. So .5 is going to be left over so we ask our self, what is .5 of 3 2/3? We times .5 by 3 2/3 = 1.83 yards left. If you want it into a fraction, it would be yards left

Answer is negative 2