Question

Four sisters buy a total of 3 1/2 feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

How many feet of ribbon will each sister receive?

Express your answer in simplest form

Answer 1

3.5 divided by 4.
Each sister will receive 0.875 feet of ribbon.

Answer 2

Four sisters buy a total of
`3(1)/(2)` feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally. So Each sister will receive
`(7)/(8)` feet of ribbon.

Solution:

Four sister bought a total of ribbon =
`3(1)/(2)`

`\begin{array}{l}{=(3 * 2+1)/(2)} \\ {=(7)/(2)}\end{array}`

The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

So we will divide the total length of the ribbon by 4.

=
`(7)/(2)` ÷ 4

`\begin{aligned} &=(7)/(2) * (1)/(4) \\ &=(7 * 1)/(2 * 4) \\ &=(7)/(8) \text { feet } \end{aligned}`

Each sister will receive
`(7)/(8)` feet of ribbon.

Result:

So Each sister will receive
`(7)/(8)` feet of ribbon.