Question

Nigel has 3 rolls of ribbon. Each roll has 8 3/4 feet of ribbon. It takes 1 3/4 feet of ribbon to make one bow. What is the total number of bows that Nigel can make using these 3 rolls of ribbon

Answer 1

Answer: 15 bows

Explanation:

A roll of ribbon has 8 3/4 feet of ribbon

to make a bow, you use 1 3/4 feet of ribbon

first convert to decimal

= 8 3/4 = 8.75

=1 3/4 = 1.75

to get the number of bows to make from 3 rolls of ribbon,

= if one bow = 1.75 ribbon

and one roll of ribbon has 8.75 feet of ribbon

then 3 rolls will have 3* 8.75 = 26.25 feet

therefore 26.65 feet of ribbon will make

=26.65/1.7=15

=15 bows