Question

Jessica and Alex use ribbon to decorate picture frames. Jessica has 1/2 yards of ribbon : She uses ribbon to decorate 3 picture frames : She uses and equal amount ribbon to decorate each picture frame how many yards of ribbon does Jessica use to decorate each pucture frame A. 1/6 B. 1 C. 3/2 D. 6

Answer 1

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If Jessica uses 3 equal sizes for all three picture frames, and she only has 1/2 of a yard, one easier way that we can convert this would be that there are 0.5 = 18 inches of Ribbon.

18 ÷ 3 = 6 ... 6 × 3 = 18.

Your correct answer would be D. 6