Question

Robin has 3 feet of ribbon. She uses part of it for a craft and has 2.5 feet left. She divides the 2.5 remaining feet among her 10 friends. How much ribbon does each friend receive?

0.25 feet
0.3 feet
25 feet
30 feetWhich gives the correct order of steps needed to multiply the problem below?

Answer 1

0.25 ft.

Explanation

You have to divide 2.5 by the amount of friends she has so 2.5/10. Then you would moce the decimal one place forward. You would get 0.25.

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Answer 2

0.25 feet for each friend because 2.5/10=0.25