Question

how many 1 1/4 feet strips of ribbon can be cut from a ribbon that is 7 1/2 feet long

Answer 1

71/2-11/4
142-11/4
132/4
66/2
33


therefore the answer is 33...

Answer 2

Answer:

Required number of strips is 3.

Step by step explanation:

Given total length of strips of ribbon= $7 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7 \times 2 + 1}{2} = \frac{15}{2}$feet.

Now we want to cut =$1 \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \times 4 + 1}{4} = \frac{5}{4}$feet strips of ribbon.

Now we want to find number of strips ribbon which we can get from big ribbon.

Let we get total x number of ribbon.

So value of x$= \frac{ \frac{15}{2} }{ \frac{5}{2} } = \frac{15}{2} \times \frac{2}{5} = 3$

Required number of strips of ribbon is 3.