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Ellen needs to buy 180 inches of ribbon to wrap a present. The store sells ribbon only in whole yards. How many yards does Ellen need to buy to have enough ribbion

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If very 36 inches is a yard and you divide 180 inches by 36 you would be left with 5 so see would need 5 yards of ribbon  
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