Question

Martha has a ribbon that is 1 3/4 meters long. She cuts the ribbon into 3 equal-sized pieces. She uses 1 of the pieces to make gift bows. Each bow uses 7/48 of a meter of ribbon. How many gift bows does Martha make?

Answer 1

4 gifts

Explanation:

We have in total have a ribbon that measures 1.75 meters, and divide that into three equal pieces, therefore:

1.75 / 3 = 0.5834

Now, we are told that we must calculate how many bows he can make, knowing that each bow is 7/48, therefore:

0.5834 / (7/48) = 4

Which means that you can make 4 gifts since you can make 4 bows in total