If you get a prepaid debit card with $20 dollars in it and you pay 17 cents per yard of ribbon and you have $17.96 left, how many yards of ribbon do you buy?

Question

Jenny got a prepaid debit card with $20

 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store. The price of the ribbon was 17

 cents per yard. If after that purchase there was $17.96

 left on the card, how many yards of ribbon did Jenny buy?

Answer 1

20-17.96 = $2.04

divide total cost by price per yard

2.04/.17 = 12 yards of ribbon