Question

Janie has 2 3/4 yards or yellow ribbon. She uses 1/2 of the ribbon to decorate bookmarks for her cousin. How many yards of ribbon did Janie use for her bookmarks

Answer 1

Janie used
`1+(3)/(8)` or
`(11)/(8)` yards of ribbon for her bookmarks.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many yards of ribbon Janie used for her bookmarks, we need to multiply the total yards of ribbon she has
`(11)/(4)` by the fraction of ribbon she used (1/2). To multiply fractions, we multiply the numerators (the numbers on top) and the denominators (the numbers on the bottom).

So, (2 + 3/4) × 1/2

= 11/4 × 1/2

= 11/8

= 1 + 3/8.

Therefore, Janie used (1 + 3/8) yards of ribbon for her bookmarks.

Answer 2

1 3/8 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Janie has 2 3/4 yards of yellow ribbon. She uses 1/2 of the ribbon to decorate bookmarks for her cousin. How many yards of ribbon did Janie use for her bookmarks

The above question is calculated as:

2 3/4 yards × 1/2 of ribbon

= 2 3/4 × 1/2

= 11/4 × 1/2

= 11/8

= 1 3/8 yards

Therefore, Janie used 1 3/8 yards of ribbon for her bookmarks