Mary is cutting bows out of ribbon which will be used to wrap gifts. If Mary needs 1/2 of a foot of ribbon to make a bow and she has 7 feet of ribbon then how many bows can Mary make

Answer 1

Hi Sofia,

To answer this question, you need to determine how many 1/2 foot pieces could be cut from the 7 feet of ribbon.

This would be accomplished by dividing 7 by 1/2:

7 ÷ 1/2 = 7 • 2 = 14

You could make14 bows out of the ribbon.