A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 9 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 15 of these rolls of ribbon?, On this question page, you will first be asked to convert units. Enter your answer in the provided input box and press the try button. If your answer is correct, it will be placed on the page and then another question and the answer area will appear below.

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A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 9 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 15 of these rolls of ribbon?, On this question page, you will first be asked to convert units. Enter your answer in the provided input box and press the try button. If your answer is correct, it will be placed on the page and then another question and the answer area will appear below.
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How many inches of ribbon does the dressmaker have, in total?
16201620

How many 18-inch pieces are there in 1620 inches?

GPT-4o mini · Answer

To find out how many 18-inch pieces can be cut from a total of 1620 inches of ribbon, you divide the total length of ribbon by the length of each piece:

\[ \text{Number of pieces} = \frac{\text{Total length of ribbon}}{\text{Length of each piece}} = \frac{1620 \text{ inches}}{18 \text{ inches}} \]

Calculating this gives:

\[ \text{Number of pieces} = \frac{1620}{18} = 90 \]

So, there are 90 pieces of 18-inch ribbon that can be cut from 1620 inches of ribbon.