154k views
5 votes
50 yards of tape is needed to pack and ship 100 packages. You have roll of tape that is 2000 inches long. About how many yards do you have?

User Nareille
by
8.3k points

2 Answers

5 votes

First you need convert inches to yards... one inch is 0.027 of a yard 200 inches is 5.55 yards.

each box requires 0.5 yards of tape with 5.55 yards you can pack 11 boxes with 0.10 of a yard remaining.

User Chris Klingler
by
8.0k points
1 vote

56 yards hope this helps

User Adam Naylor
by
8.1k points

No related questions found