Question

A seamtress needs to cut 15- inch pieces of ribbon from a roll of ribbon this is 9 feet lenght. What is the greatest number of 15-inch pieces the seamtress can cut from 5 of these rolls of ribbon

Answer 1

Answer:

36 pieces

Step-by-step explanation:

Firstly, we need a consistency in unit

Mathematically, 1 ft = 12 inches

So the measure of 9 feet in inches is;

9 * 12 = 108 inches

Now, the measure of 5 of this would be;

5 * 108 = 540 inches

To get the greatest number of 15 inch, we simply proceed to divide

Mathematically, that would be;

540 inches/ 15 inches

= 36 pieces