Question

John is cutting bows out of ribbon which will be used to wrap gifts. If John needs 5 of a foot of ribbon to make a bow, and he has 10 feet of ribbon, then how many bows can John make? I

Answer 1

John has total 10 feet of ribon.

John needs 5 foot of ribbon to make a bow.

Thus, the total number of bows that John can make is,

$\frac{10}{5}=2$

So, the answer is 2.