Sarah is cutting ribbons for a pep rally. The length of each ribbon needs to be 3.68 inches. If she needs 1,000 ribbons what is the length of ribbon Sarah needs?
1 Answer
Jan 8, 2017
Explanation:
When working out word problems, first decide on what operation(s) you need to do.
Each of 1,000 ribbons needs to be
The total length of ribbon required will be a multiplication.
However, this is not practical, inches is too small a unit, so convert to a larger one.
Again this is not practical. Convert to a larger unit, yards:
We could have done one calculation: