Question

Mari makes bows for floral arrangements she uses 1/8 yard of ribbon for each bow .how many bows can she make from 24 yards of ribbon

Answer 1

First, you need to find out how much ribbon she has total. Because there are two spools, you multiply 24 x 2. The answer for that is 48. Then you have to figure out how many bows she can make. Each bow uses 1/8 of a piece of yard of ribbon, so you can divide 48 by 8. Your answer would then be 6 bows.

Here are the equations.

`24*2 = \text{X}`

`\frac{\text{X}}{8} =\text{B}`

Where X represents the yards of ribbon available and B represents the number of bows that Mari can make.

Complete Question:

Mari makes bows for floral arrangements. She uses 1/8 of a yard ribbon for each bow. How many bows can she make from 2 spools that each has 24 yards ribbon?