jack has 6 yards of ribbon to make bows. Each bow is made from a piece of ribbon that is 1/3 yard long. how many bows can jack make?
clearly, each yard can make 3 pieces, right?
so 6 yards can make 3*6 = ___ pieces.
or, as a proportion,
x/6 = 1 / (1/3)
x/6 = 3
x = 6*3 = ___
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To find out how many bows Jack can make, we need to divide the total length of ribbon he has (6 yards) by the length of ribbon required for each bow (1/3 yard).
First, let's convert the length of ribbon into a common unit. Since the length of a bow is given in yards, we should convert the ribbon length to yards as well. We know that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet, so we can use this conversion rate:
6 yards × 3 feet/yard = 18 feet
Now, let's convert the length of the ribbon from feet to yards, considering that each bow requires 1/3 yard of ribbon:
18 feet ÷ 3 feet/yard = 6 yards
Now, we have the total length of ribbon in yards. To find out how many bows Jack can make, we divide the total ribbon length by the length required for each bow:
6 yards ÷ (1/3 yard) = 6 yards × 3/1 yards = 18 bows
Therefore, Jack can make 18 bows with the given 6 yards of ribbon.