Question

There was a 6 square-foot pieces of wrapping paper for a present.It takes 3 1/8 square feet of paper to wrap the present.How many pieces of a 6-foot-square paper are needed to wrap 2 presents.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer to your question is: 2 pieces of paper.

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

6 ft²

1 present = 3 1/8 ft²

Process

Get the result of adding the area needed to wrap to presents.

                3 1/8 + 3 1/8 = 6 2/8  = 6 1/4               Remember to add the

                                                                             whole numbers and the

                                                                             fractions independently.

Each paper measures 6 ft² and we need to wrap two presents 6 1/4 ft², so we need to pieces of paper to wrap the presents.