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Alexis is knitting a blanket 2 meters long. Every 2 decimeter, she changes the color of the yarn to make stripes. How many stripes will the blanket have? Explain

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Convert 2 meters into decimeters. move the decimal over one places.

2m=20 decimeters. 20 decimeters of blanket divided by 2 decimeters of color per stripe (20/2)= 10 stripes.

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