Question

Maria is wrapping presents. She has one long piece of ribbon 87.5 inches long. She wants to have strips of ribbon 12.5 inches long for each package. How many strips of ribbon can she cute? A 6 strips B 7 strips C 8 strips D 9 srips

Answer 1

Given:

Total length of long ribbon = 87.5

Length of each strip of the ribbon = 12.5

To find:

The number of ribbon strips.

Solution:

We know that,

`\text{Number of ribbon strips}=\frac{\text{Total length of long ribbon}}{\text{Length of each strip of the ribbon}}`

We have,

Total length of long ribbon = 87.5

Length of each strip of the ribbon = 12.5

Putting the given values in the above formula, we get

`\text{Number of ribbon strips}=(87.5)/(12.5)`

`\text{Number of ribbon strips}=7`

Therefore, the correct option is B.