Question

billy has 2.4m of ribbon for crafts. he wants to share it evenly with 12 friends. how many centimeters of ribbon would 7 friends get

Answer 1

140cm

Explanation:

We first have to change 2.4 meters into centimeters. And the formula for that is (x)m = (x)cm x 100.

So 2.4 x 100 = (x)m. We can solve this by moving the "." two times to the right and we will get 2.4m = 240cm.

The next step is to divide it by twelve because Billy wants to share it with 12 friends. 240cm/12 = 20cm per person.

Then we have to multiply 20 with 7 to see how many centimeters 7 friends would get.

20*7 = 140. So the answer is 140cm.

Answer 2

The 7 friends would get 1.4m of ribbon.

You would have to do 2.4 divided by 12 to get 0.2. Then multiply 0.2 by 7 to get 1.4.