Anais bought 2 1/2 yards of ribbon. She had 2 feet 8 inches of ribbon left after trimming some curtains. How many inches of ribbon did Anais use to trim the curtains?Anais used _____ inches of ribbon.
Accepted Solution
A:
2 1/2 yards of ribbon is 7 1/2 feet. (3 feet per yard)
She had 2 feet 8 inches left over after using a certain amount for the curtains.
So 2 feet 8 inches converted to fractions is 2 2/3 feet.
So our answer is the difference between 7 1/2 and 2 2/3 which is 4 5/6 feet.
Convert 4 5/6 feet to inches (12 inches in 1 feet) gives us a final answer of