Question

Miss English Marshall has 42 yards of ribbon to make wreaths each wreath requires 8 yards of ribbon how many yards will she have left

Answer 1

She will have left with 2 yards.

Explanation:

Given:

Miss English Marshall has 42 yards of ribbon to make wreaths.

Each wreath requires 8 yards of ribbon.

Now, to find the yards she have left.

Number of yards of ribbon = 42 yards.

Number of yards requires for each wreath = 8 yards.

So, to get the yards she left:

Number of yards of ribbon ÷ Number of yards requires for each wreath

`42/ 8`

`=5(2)/(8)` .

As, by dividing 42 by 8, 2 is the remainder left.

Thus, 40 yards of ribbon is used in making 5 wreaths. And 2 yards of ribbon will be left.

Therefore, she will have left with 2 yards.