Question

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Regina had 30 meters of ribbon. She gave 2.7 meters of the ribbon to each
of her four friends and used the rest to tie some presents for her birthday
party. Each present required 75 centimeters of ribbon to tie. Find the
maximum number of presents Regina could tie.

Answer 1

25 presents.

Explanation:

First subtract 2.7(4) from 30.

30 - 2.7(4) = 19.2 meters

Now, convert 19.2 into centimeters.

There's 100cm in 1m, so 19.2 meters can be found by doing:

19.2 x 100 = 1920 cm.

Now, do 1920 divided by 75:

1920/75 = 25.6

Since you can't tie 0.6 of a present, you disregard that. So, she can tie 25 presents.