Question

Emily is making bows using ribbon. She has two pieces of ribbon to use. One is 23 yards long. The other is 4 1/4 yards long. She need 1 5/6 yards of ribbon to make each bow. What is the greatest number of bows emily can make? Show your work

Answer 1

Answer:

14

Step-by-step explanation:

In total, Emily has  $23+4\frac{1}{4}=27\frac{1}{4}=\frac{109}{4}$  yards of ribbon.

Each bow requires  $1\frac{5}{6}=\frac{11}{6}$  yards of ribbon

To figure out, we divide total amount of ribbon by amount each bow needs:

Number of bows = $\frac{\frac{109}{4}}{\frac{11}{6}}=14.86$

So the maximum number of "complete" bows Emily can make is 14