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Glenn needs to cut pieces of ribbon that are each 1 meter long to make ribbon key chains.

If he has 9 pieces of ribbon that are each 1 dekameter long, how many 1−meter pieces of ribbon can he cut?

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  90

Step-by-step explanation:

1 dekameter is 10 meters, so each of Glenn's 9 pieces of ribbon can be cut to make 10 1-meter pieces.

  9 × 10 m = 90 m . . . . length of available ribbon

  (90 m)/(1 m/piece) = 90 pieces

Glenn can cut 90 1-meter pieces from the ribbon he has.

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