Question

Faye has 5 pieces of ribbon, each 1 yard long. She cuts each ribbon into sixths.

Answer 1

Answer:

a.  She will have 30 sixths after cutting all the ribbons.

b. 6 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. You know that the lenght of each piece of ribbon is 1 yard.

She cuts each ribbon into sixths, then the lenght of each one of them is:

$\frac{1}{6}\ yd$

So:

$\frac{6}{6}=1\ yard$

Since Faye has 5 pieces of ribbon, after cutting all the ribbons she will have:

$(5)(\frac{6}{6})=\frac{30}{6}$

She will have 30 sixths after cutting all the ribbons.

b. You need make the conversion from yards to inches.

Knowing that $1\ yd=36\ in$, you get:

$(\frac{1}{6}\ yd)(\frac{36\ in}{1\ yd})=6\ in$

Answer 2

Answer:

a ) total number of sixth in 5 ribbon will be 6\times 5 = 30

b) length of each sixth will be = 5.97 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

given data:

Number of pieces of ribbon is 5

each piece length 1 yard

total number of cut in one piece of ribbon = 6

a) one piece of ribbon consist of 6 sxiths

therefore total number of sixth in 5 ribbon will be 6\times 5 = 30

b) each ribbon length is 1 yard

so, whole ribbon is divided into 1\6 yard length which is length of individual division

we know that one yard is 36 inches

therefore, in 1/6 yard = 5.97 inches