JOSHUA HAS 3 yards off ribbon. He need 1/4 to make one bow. How many bows can joshua makes?
Suppose you had 10 yards of ribbon and it takes 2 yards to make a bow. You would just do 10 divided by 2 = 5
So, you have a division problem
3 divided by 1/4
Remember with fractions, we don't divide, we multiply by the reciprocal.
Yumiko has 6 yards of ribbon. She needs 1/5 yards to make one bow. How many bows can yumiko make?
Alicia has 4 Yards of ribbons, she needs 1/3 to make one bow. How many bows can Alicia make?
Tevin has 5 yards of ribbon, he needs 1/6 yards to make one bow. How many bows can tevin make?
These are all done the same way.
divide the total by the fraction which is multiplying by the reciprocal.
If you have 2 3/4 ft purple ribbon and 2 1/2 ft of orange ribbon how many bows can be made?
1 bow uses 3/8 purple ribbon and 1/3ft of orange
Ribbon. Divide amount have and amount needed