You are making hair bows out of ribbon. You have 3/4 yard of ribbon and each bow takes 1/8 of a yard of ribbon. How many bows can you make if you want to use all of the ribbon?

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Chelsea Saunders

Mathematics

6 January, 09:53

You are making hair bows out of ribbon. You have 3/4 yard of ribbon and each bow takes 1/8 of a yard of ribbon. How many bows can you make if you want to use all of the ribbon?

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Nelson Walsh · Answer 1

6 bows

Step-by-step explanation:

First find a common denominator. In this case, it would be eight. So now you would multiply your numerator by however much you multiplies your denominator.

3/4 would become 6/8.

6/8 divided by 1/8 is 6.