Question

Laura has rectangular piece of wood that is 8 inches by 5.She wants to cover the top of the piece of wood with strips of ribbon that are 1/5 inch wide

What length of ribbon does she need to cover the top piece of wood?

Answer 1

Answer:

Laura will need 40 inches of string for this project.

Step-by-step explanation:

Divide 1/5 inch/strip into 8 inches:

 8

------- = 40 inches

(1/5)