denise has 6 yards of ribbon to make bows. how many bows can she make from the ribbon if each bow uses 3/4 yard of ribbon

Answer 1

Hi Regina,

Question: denise has 6 yards of ribbon to make bows. how many bows can she make from the ribbon if each bow uses 3/4 yard of ribbon

Given: 6 yards of ribbon

Find: the number of bows using 3/4 yard of ribbon

To find how many you can get from 6 yards, you are dividing the 6 yards into 3/4 yard pieces.

So you are finding 6 yards divided by 3/4 yards

6 / (3/4) = 6 x (4/3) = 24/3 = 8. You can get 8 bows from the 6 yards.