bella needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet she has 85 feet in ribbon in total how many pieces of ribbon can she c

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alexandr1967 [171]

3 years ago

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bella needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet she has 85 feet in ribbon in total how many pieces of ribbon can she c

ut from this long strip

Mathematics

2 answers:

miss Akunina [59] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-05T12:55:02+03:00

miss Akunina [59]3 years ago

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Bella can cut about 24 pieces because you have to divide 85 feet by 3.5 feet to find out how many pieces which is 24.285 and so on but you just round to 24.

serious [3.7K] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-05T15:03:33+03:00

serious [3.7K]3 years ago

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85/3.5=24 remainder 1 foot.

24 identical strips. Remainder is wasted ribbon.