Question

If marie wants to decorate a gift box with ribbon. She measures three pieces that she has with a ruler.They are 32. Centimeters,41.19 centimeters and 57.8 centimeters long.Marie needs 200 centimeters of ribbon for the box. Does she have enough?

Answer 1

Answer: No, she does not have enough.

Explanation:

1. You have the following information given in the problem above:

- The measures of the three pieces are: 32 centimeters, 41.19 centimeters and 57.8 centimeters long.

- She need 200 centimeters of ribbon for the box.

2. Therefore, you must add the measures given in the problem to know if Marie has enough ribbon to decorate the gift box. Then:

`32cm+41.19cm+57.8cm=130.99cm`

3. As you can see:

130.99 cm<200 cm

Therefore, she does not have enough ribbon.