Question

Lindsey has 10 inches of ribbon. She buys another 3 lengths of ribbon, each 5 inches long. How much ribbon does she have now

Answer 1

Lindsey has 25 inches long ribbons now.

Further explanation:

Simple addition and multiplication has to be used to solve this question.

Given

Ribbon Lindsey already has= 10 inches

Number of pieces she bought inches = 3

Length of each ribbon piece = 5 inches

So,

$The\ total\ length\ of\ piesces\ she\ bought\ later = 5*3\\=15\ inches$

As she already had 10 inches, now she has

$Total\ ribbon\ length=Ribbons\ she\ already\ had+New\ ribbon\ piesce\\=10+15\\=25\ inches$

Lindsey has 25 inches long ribbons now.

Keywords: Addition, multiplication

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