Question

Kristen bought 65 yards of ribbon at the craft store. Of the ribbon Kristen bought, 1/3 was pink. How many yards of pink ribbon did Kristen buy?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

Answer 1

To find out how many yards of pink ribbon Kristen bought, we need to calculate \( \frac{1}{3} \) of 65 yards.

We can do this by multiplying:

\[
\text{Pink ribbon} = \frac{1}{3} \times 65
\]

Calculating this gives:

\[
\text{Pink ribbon} = \frac{65}{3}
\]

Now, we can divide 65 by 3:

\[
65 \div 3 = 21 \quad \text{remainder} \quad 2
\]

So, \( 65 \div 3 = 21 \) with a remainder of 2. This means we can express \( \frac{65}{3} \) as:

\[
21 \frac{2}{3}
\]

Thus, the amount of pink ribbon Kristen bought is:

\[
\frac{65}{3} \quad \text{or} \quad 21 \frac{2}{3} \text{ yards.}
\]