A bow takes 2/3 yards of ribbon. How many bows can you make with 8 1/6 yards of ribbon?
That's what I thought , but i also thought maybe I should divide 81/6 by 2/3
subtraction works, but division is faster.
Subtract.
just keep subtracting 2/3 out of 8 1/6 until you cant anymore.
The number of times you subtract is the number of ribbons you can make.
Lemme know if this helps!
8 1/6 = 49/6
49/6/(2/3) = 49/6 * 3/2 = 12 1/4 or 12 Bows.
To find out how many bows can be made with 8 1/6 yards of ribbon, we first need to determine how many bows can be made with 2/3 yards of ribbon.
To do this, we divide 8 1/6 yards of ribbon by 2/3 yards of ribbon.
First, let's convert 8 1/6 into an improper fraction:
8 1/6 = (48/6) + 1/6 = 49/6
Now we can divide it by 2/3:
(49/6) ÷ (2/3) = (49/6) × (3/2) = (49 × 3) / (6 × 2) = 147/12
So, 8 1/6 yards of ribbon can make 147/12 bows.
To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 3:
(147 ÷ 3) / (12 ÷ 3) = 49/4
Therefore, with 8 1/6 yards of ribbon, you can make 49/4 bows, or 12 1/4 bows.