Question

A dressmaker cut a piece of ribbon One-fourth of an inch long from a piece Seven-sixteenths of an inch long. What is the length of the remaining piece of ribbon? Three-sixteenths of an inch Six-twelfths of an inch Eight-twelfths of an inch StartFraction 11 over 16 EndFraction of an inch

Answer 1

Answer:

Three-sixteenths of an inch.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total Length of ribbon = $\frac{7}{16} \ inch$

length of piece of ribbon cut = $\frac{1}{4}\ inch$

We need to find the remaining length of piece.

Solution:

To find the remaining length of piece we will subtract Amount of piece of ribbon cut from Total Length of ribbon.

framing in equation form we get;

remaining length of piece = $\frac{7}{16}-\frac{1}{4}$

Now to solve the same we will make the denominator common by using L.C.M.

remaining length of piece = $\frac{7\times1}{16\times1}- \frac{1\times4}{4\times4} = \frac{7}{16}-\frac{4}{16}$

Now the denominators are same so we will subtract the numerators.

remaining length of piece = $\frac{7-4}{16} =\frac{3}{16}\ inch$

Hence Remaining length of the piece is $\frac{3}{16}\ inch$.