Question

Clara and her little sister are making kites to fly in the park. Clara ties 60 centimeters of ribbon to the bottom of her little sister's kite. Clara's kite is bigger, so she needs more ribbon than her sister. Clara uses an extra 40 centimeters of ribbon for her own kite. If Clara started with 2 meters of ribbon, how many centimeters does she have left?

Answer 1

Clara will have 40 centimeters of ribbon left.

Explanation:

1 meter is the same as 100 centimeters, so 2 meters is 200 centimeters. So, we take 200 centimeters, subtract 60 centimeters:

`200 - 60= 140`

so she has 140 centimeters, then we subtract another 60 centimeters for Clara's kite:

`140 - 60= 80`

But remember, she needs an extra 40 centimeters because her kite is bigger:

`80 - 40= 40`

So, Clara is left with 40 centimeters, or 0.4 meters, of ribbon.