Lucia has 18 pieces of ribbon that she uses to decorate presents.

Question

One ribbon's length is 56
of a yard. How many yards of ribbon does Lucia have? Choose the correct choices from the drop-down lists below.

Choose
and
Choose
sixths yards

Answer 1

To find out how many yards of ribbon Lucia has, you can multiply the number of pieces of ribbon by the length of each piece.

Lucia has 18 pieces of ribbon, and each ribbon is \( \frac{5}{6} \) of a yard long.

Now, multiply:

\[ 18 \times \frac{5}{6} \]

First, calculate \( 18 \times 5 \):

\[ 18 \times 5 = 90 \]

Next, divide by 6:

\[ \frac{90}{6} = 15 \]

Therefore, Lucia has \( 15 \) yards of ribbon.

Putting it into the drop-down choices, you would select:

15 and yards.