Question

A seamstress needs to cut 15-inch pieces of ribbon from a roll of ribbon that is 9 feet length. What is the greatest number of 15-inch pieces of seamstress can cut from 5 is these rolls of ribbon

Answer 1

STEP 1:
Divide the length of the ribbon by the size of the pieces.

12 inches= 1 foot

= 9 ft ÷ 15 inch pieces
convert ft to inches
= (12)(9) ÷ 15
= 108 ÷ 15
= 7.2 pieces from one roll

STEP 2:
multiply the number of pieces that can be cut from one roll by the number of rolls

= 7.2 pieces * 5 rolls
= 36 pieces total from 5 rolls

ANSWER: The greatest number of 15-inch pieces that can be cut from five 9-foot rolls is 36.

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