The pipe was cut into two parts 3.6 m and 4.4 m long. How many times is the first part of the pipe shorter than the second?

The pipe was cut into two parts 3.6 m and 4.4 m long. How many times is the first part of the pipe shorter than the second? What percentage of the length of the entire pipe is the length of the first part?

In order to find how many times one value is less than another, you need to divide the larger value by the smaller one. 4.4: 3.6 = 1.2. The first part of the pipe is 1.2 times smaller than the second.
Since the pipe was cut into 2 parts, the lengths of which are 3.6 m and 4.4 m, the entire pipe had a length of 3.6 + 4.4 = 8 m. 8 meters of the pipe is 100%. So 1 meter is 100%: 8 = 12.5%. Our first part has a length of 3.6 meters, which means 3.6m * 12.5% = 45% is its first part.
Answer: The first part of the pipe is 1.2 times smaller than the second, the first part is 45% of the entire pipe.