Question

1 Alex uses 1 yards of ribbon to decorate each picture frame. He wants to decorate 6 picture frames 3 • Determine how many yards of ribbon Alex needs to decorate the picture frames. • Show your work or explain your answer.

Answer 1

Part A:

Jessica has 1/2 yard of ribbon

1/2 yd = 0.5 yd

She uses an equal amount of ribbon to decorate 3 picture frames.

So, basically we need to divide the total amount of ribbon by 3:

0.5 yd/ 3 = 1/6 yd

Part B:

Let's first express the mixed number as a fraction:

1 1/3 yd = 4/3 yd

Alex uses the same amount of ribbon for each frame. And he needs to decorate 6, Hence:

We multiply the amount of ribbon in each frame, by the total of frames:

4/3 yd * 6 = 8 yd