Question

Alex is making scrapbooks for friends he wants to decorate each grab book with 1/6 yard of ribbon he has a spool with 5/6 yards of ribbon left on it he plans use all the ribbon on the spool how many scrapbooks can Alex decorate

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

Answer 2

5

Explanation:

In terms of ribbon, Alex intends to satisfy the equation ...

(1/6 yard/scrapbook) × (N scrapbooks) = 5/6 yards

Dividing by the coefficient of N, we have ...

N = (5/6)/(1/6) = 5 . . . . . . . units of yards and scrapbooks cancel

Alex can decorate 5 scrapbooks.