Question

Dena has 6.25 inches of blue ribbon, 0.375 foot of orange ribbon, and 0.5 yard of green ribbon. How many inches of ribbon does Dena have altogether?

Show or explain your work through either decimal or fractional calculation.

Answer 1

28.75in

Explanation:

We are expected to convert all units to inches in this problem

Step one:

given data

blue ribbon=6.25 inches

orange ribbon=0.375 foot

green ribbon=0.5 yard

Step one:

convert orange ribbon=0.375 foot to inches

1 ft = 12 in

0.375ft=xin

cross multiply

x=12*0.375

x=4.5in

orange ribbon= 4.5in

convert green ribbon yd to inches

1 yd = 36 in

0.5 yd=xin

cross multiply

x=36*0.5

x=18in

green ribbon= 36in

total lenght in inches =6.25+4.5+18

=28.75in