Question

For a Valentine's Day party at his school, Kenneth is cutting ribbons to tie around boxes of candy. Each box of candy needs 1 2 of a foot of ribbon. Kenneth has 15 feet of ribbon in all. How many boxes of candy can Kenneth tie with a ribbon? Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number. pls i need help

Answer 1

30 boxes

Explanation:

if that is a 1/2,

then he needs half for each box

he has 15 feet's of ribbon

for every two boxes he needs 1 foot of ribbon

2×15=30