Question

Faye has 5 pieces of ribbon, each 1 yard long. She cuts each ribbon into sixths.

a. How many sixths will she have after cutting all the ribbons?
b. How long will each of the sixths be in inches?

Answer 1

a ) total number of sixth in 5 ribbon will be 6\times 5 = 30

b) length of each sixth will be = 5.97 inches

Explanation:

given data:

Number of pieces of ribbon is 5

each piece length 1 yard

total number of cut in one piece of ribbon = 6

a) one piece of ribbon consist of 6 sxiths

therefore total number of sixth in 5 ribbon will be 6\times 5 = 30

b) each ribbon length is 1 yard

so, whole ribbon is divided into 1\6 yard length which is length of individual division

we know that one yard is 36 inches

therefore, in 1/6 yard = 5.97 inches

Answer 2

a. She will have 30 sixths after cutting all the ribbons.

b. 6 inches.

Explanation:

a. You know that the lenght of each piece of ribbon is 1 yard.

She cuts each ribbon into sixths, then the lenght of each one of them is:

`(1)/(6)\ yd`

So:

`(6)/(6)=1\ yard`

Since Faye has 5 pieces of ribbon, after cutting all the ribbons she will have:

`(5)((6)/(6))=(30)/(6)`

She will have 30 sixths after cutting all the ribbons.

b. You need make the conversion from yards to inches.

Knowing that
`1\ yd=36\ in`, you get:

`((1)/(6)\ yd)((36\ in)/(1\ yd))=6\ in`