Question

A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 3 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 15 of these rolls of ribbon?

Answer 1

You have 10 rolls and each is 6 feet so therefore you have 60 feet of ribbon. Convert that to inches you need to multiply by 12 so 60 x 12 = 720 inches of ribbon.

If the dress maker needs 18 inch pieces you divide to 720 by 18.
720 divided by 18 will give you 40 pieces.

Final answer:

The dressmaker will get 40, 18-inch pieces of ribbon from 10, 6 foot rolls.