Lalita had 4.8 m of ribbon. She used 3/8 of the ribbon to tie a box. She used the remaining length of ribbon equally to tie 6 presents.
(A) How many centimetres of ribbon did she use to tie the box?
(B) How many centimetres of ribbon did she use to tie each present?
And also write which one is the ans for A and B
To find the length of ribbon Lalita used to tie the box, we need to multiply the total length of the ribbon (4.8 m) by the fraction used, 3/8.
(A) Length of ribbon used to tie the box:
4.8 m * 3/8 = 1.8 m
So, Lalita used 1.8 meters of ribbon to tie the box.
To find the length of ribbon Lalita used to tie each present, we need to find the remaining length of ribbon after tying the box and divide it by the number of presents (6).
Remaining length of ribbon after tying the box:
4.8 m - 1.8 m = 3 m
(B) Length of ribbon used to tie each present:
3 m / 6 = 0.5 m
So, Lalita used 0.5 meters of ribbon to tie each present.
Therefore, the answer for (A) is 1.8 m and the answer for (B) is 0.5 m.