Question

Sally has 5/6 yards of ribbon and wants to make some bows for a party. If each bow requires 1/12 yard of ribbon, how many bows can she make? Does this mean multiply or divide?

Answer 1

Answer:10

Explanation:

Here, we have 5/6 yards of a ribbon, and each ribbon needs 1/12 of a yard. so, lets make everything into the common denominator:

10/12 total yards of ribbon

1/12 cost for yards to make a ribbon

now, we divide:

10/12 divided by 1/12 = 10/1 x 12/1

= 120/12

=10