Question

Leah has 60 inches of blue ribbon. Her mom asks her how many feet of ribbon she has. What should she reply?

what are we converting?
Which is larger-foot or inch?
So small to large division takes charge.

____ inches of ribbon= ___ feet
____is larger. So small to large division takes charge.
____÷___= ft

Answer 1

5 feet

Explanation:

`(60inches)/(1)` x
`(1 foot)/(12 inches)` =
`(60inches/foot)/(12inches)` = 5 feet

60 ÷ 5 = 12 The word inches in the numerator and the denominator cancel each other out.

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