Carrie is making team ribbons to sell at a football game. Each ribbon is 5/8 ft long. How many team ribbons can she make from 12 1/4 ft of ribbon?

Answer 1

12 1/4 = 49/4

49/4 ÷ 5/8 = 49/4 x 8/5 = 392/20 = 19 12/20

Since we can't make a whole team ribbon out of 12/20 of ribbon, Carrie can make 19 team ribbons.

Answer 2

12 1/4

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5/8

convert 12 1/4 to improper fraction = 49/4

49/4

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5/8

change 49/4 to have common denominator (8)

98/8

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5/8

multiply top and bottom by 8

98/5

convert to mixed fraction:

19 3/5 ---> so can make 19 ribbons