Question

Alexis decorates baskets, each with 7/8 yard of ribbon on each basket. Kathleen has 15 3/8 yards of ribbon to use on the baskets. How many baskets can Kathleen decorate this way?

Answer 1

Almost 17 baskets can be made.

Explanation:

Given that:

Ribbon used for one basket = 7/8 = 0.875 yards

Mixed numbers are converted into fractions by by multiplying the denominator by quotient and adding the numerator:

Kathleen has = 15 3/8 =(8*15+3)/8=(120+3)/8 =123/8 = 15.375 yards

Baskets that can be decorated = 15.375/0.875

Baskets = 17.571

So almost 17 baskets could be made in this way.

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