Toni and Makayla are working on a craft project. Makayla has 3 yards of ribbon and Toni has 4 yards of ribbon. They cut all the

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ribbon into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many pieces of ribbon do they have?

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frosja888 [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-05T10:37:04+03:00

Answer:

<em>Toni and Makayla have 16 and 12 pieces of ribbon respectively, 28 in total</em>

Step-by-step explanation:

<u>Fractions</u>

Toni has 4 yards of ribbon and Makayla has 3 yards of ribbon.

The ribbon is cut into pieces of 1/4 yards each.

This means that Toni has:

$\displaystyle \frac{4}{\frac{1}{4}}=16$

pieces of ribbon and Makayla has:

$\displaystyle \frac{3}{\frac{1}{4}}=12$

pieces of ribbon.

Toni and Makayla have 16 and 12 pieces of ribbon respectively, 28 in total