Question

jack has 6 yards of ribbon to make bows. Each bow is made from a piece of ribbon that is 1/3 yard long. how many bows can jack make?
clearly, each yard can make 3 pieces, right?
so 6 yards can make 3*6 = ___ pieces.

or, as a proportion,
x/6 = 1 / (1/3)
x/6 = 3
x = 6*3 = ___
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