Question

To complete her holiday wrapping, Bella needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet each. She has 85 feet of ribbon in total. About how many pieces of ribbon can she cut from this long strip? PLS ANSWER ASAP

Answer 1

Bella can cut 24 pieces of ribbon from this long strip

Solution:

Given that Bella has 85 feet of ribbons in total

She needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet each

To find: Number of peices of ribbon can she cut from long strip

Number of peices of ribbon can she cut from long strip can be calculated by dividing the total feet of ribbon she has by length of identical strips she needs

Mathematically written as:

$\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=\frac{\text { Total length of ribbon }}{\text { Length of each piece }}$

$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=\frac{85}{3.5}} \\\\ {\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=24.28 \approx 24}\end{array}$

Hence , the number of strip can be 24 each of size 3.5 feet