Question

A class is making ribbons for a fundraiser.

Each strand of ribbon is 3.5 inches long and each ribbon

requires two strands. There are 700 inches of ribbon

available to cut strands from. How many ribbons can

be made for the fundraiser?

100
200
400
1,225

Answer 1

To find out how many ribbons can be made, we need to find out how many strands of ribbon can be cut from the available 700 inches.

Since each strand is 3.5 inches long and each ribbon requires two strands, we need to divide 700 by (2 * 3.5) to find the number of ribbons that can be made.

700 / (2 * 3.5) = 700 / 7 = 100

Therefore, 100 ribbons can be made for the fundraiser.