Question

Four sisters buy a total of 3 1/2 feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

Answer 1

Answer:

Four sisters buy a total of $3\frac{1}{2}$ feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.  So Each sister will receive $\frac{7}{8}$ feet of ribbon.

Solution:

Four sister bought a total of ribbon = $3\frac{1}{2}$

$\begin{array}{l}{=\frac{3 \times 2+1}{2}} \\ {=\frac{7}{2}}\end{array}$

The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

So we will divide the total length of the ribbon by 4.

= $\frac{7}{2}$ ÷ 4

$\begin{aligned} &=\frac{7}{2} \times \frac{1}{4} \\ &=\frac{7 \times 1}{2 \times 4} \\ &=\frac{7}{8} \text { feet } \end{aligned}$

Each sister will receive $\frac{7}{8}$ feet of ribbon.

Result:

So Each sister will receive $\frac{7}{8}$ feet of ribbon.

Answer 2

3.5 divided by 4.
Each sister will receive 0.875 feet of ribbon.