Question

Maya got prepaid debit card with $20 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store.the price of the ribbon was 8 cents per yard.if after that purchase there was $18.96 left on the card,how many yards of ribbon did maya but?

Answer 1

Since the initial amount on the card was $20 and the final one was $18.96; a total of 20-18.96=$1.04 were spent.

Finally, we need to divide the total spent amount by the cost per yard of the ribbon, as shown below

$\frac{1.04}{0.08}=13$

Thus, the answer is 13 yards.