Question

4.5 yards of ribbon. 3 ft 8inches left. how much was used

Answer 1

In total we have 4.5 yards of ribbon

3ft 8 inches left

We need to transform 4.5 yards into inches

1 yard is 36 inches

4.5 yards is x inches

x is the number of inches in 4.5 yards, which can be calculated by multiplying 4.5 by 36

`x=4.5*36=162`

Then we need to transform

3 ft into inches

we have

1 ft is 12 inches

so

3ft is 36 inches

left of ribbon in inches

36 inches + 8 inches=44 inches

then in order to know how much ribbon was used

162-44=118 inches

the answer is 118 inches was used of ribbon.