Question

Vanessa about 5 feet of ribbon she cut off 36 inches to wrap a package and 18 inches to decorator's scrapbook how much ribbon does Vanessa have left

Answer 1

0.5 feet left

Explanation:

12 inches = 1 foot

36 inches = ? feet

36 × 1 = 36

12 × ? = 12?

36 = 12?

? = 36/12

? = 3 feet

18 inches = x feet

18/12 = 1.5 feet

3 + 1.5 = 4.5 feet total used

5(total) - 4.5(feet used) = 0.5 feet left