Question

Jeremy has 3 yards of ribbon to use for wrapping gifts he cuts the ribbon into pieces that are one fourth yard long how many pieces of ribbon does Jeremy have

Answer 1

This answer is pretty simple.

Since there are 3 yards of ribbon, and you need to make ____ number of pieces with each 1/4 long

To do this you divide.

3 divided by 1/4

The answer is 12

Answer 2

12. You can multiply denominators, 3x4 and you get 12!