Nora has 42 meters of ribbon. She uses 0.6 meter of ribbon to make a bow. How many bows can she make?

Question

Nora has 42 meters of ribbon. She uses 0.6 meter of ribbon to make a bow. How many bows can she make?

Answer 1

42 ÷ 0.6

42 ÷ 6/10

42 · 10/6

70

Answer 2

If Nora has 42 meters of ribbon, and she is using equal parts of the ribbon (0.6 in this case) to make bows, then we need to divide:

 

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0.6|42

 

Remember, that when we divide by a decimal, we move the decimal place the same amount:

 

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6|420

 

You should be able to solve it from here.