Janet uses 4 feet of ribbon to decorate each pillow. The ribbon comes in 225-foot rolls. How many pillows will she be able to decorate with one roll of ribbon? Will there be any ribbon leftover
225 / 4 = ?
there is a remainder after the division
To determine how many pillows Janet can decorate with one roll of ribbon, we need to find the number of pillows she can decorate with 225 feet of ribbon and check if there will be any ribbon leftover after that.
First, let's calculate the number of pillows Janet can decorate with 225 feet of ribbon.
Since each pillow requires 4 feet of ribbon, we divide the total length of the ribbon (225 feet) by the length needed per pillow (4 feet).
225 feet ÷ 4 feet/pillow = 56.25 pillows
Since you cannot have a fraction of a pillow, we round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Janet will be able to decorate 56 pillows with one roll of ribbon.
Next, let's determine if there will be any ribbon leftover.
To find out, we subtract the length of ribbon used for the calculated number of pillows from the total length of the roll.
Length of ribbon used = 56 pillows × 4 feet/pillow = 224 feet
Ribbon leftover = Total length of roll - Length of ribbon used
= 225 feet - 224 feet
= 1 foot
Therefore, there will be 1 foot of ribbon leftover after decorating the 56 pillows with one roll of ribbon.