Question

A ribbon is 8 meters long. I need 11 peices ribbon each 90 cm long. How many centimeters shorter is the ribbon than the lenght I need ?​

Answer 1

A ribbon is 8 meters long. I need 11 pieces of ribbon, each 90 cm long. How many centimeters is the tape shorter than the length I need?​

I need 11 pieces of 90cm each: 11*90=990cm or 9.90m

my ribbon measures 8m, missing 9.9-8=1.9m

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