Anais bought 4.5 yards of ribbon. She had 3 feet 8 inches of ribbon left after trimming some curtains. How many inches of ribbon did Anais use to trim the curtains?
To find the amount of ribbon Anais used to trim the curtains, we need to convert the 4.5 yards to inches and subtract the remaining 3 feet 8 inches.
1 yard is equal to 3 feet, and 1 foot is equal to 12 inches. Therefore, 4.5 yards is equal to:
4.5 yards * 3 feet/yard * 12 inches/foot = 162 inches
Next, we subtract the remaining 3 feet 8 inches from the total amount of ribbon:
162 inches - 3 feet * 12 inches/foot - 8 inches = 162 inches - 36 inches - 8 inches = 118 inches
Therefore, Anais used 118 inches of ribbon to trim the curtains.
To find out how many inches of ribbon Anais used to trim the curtains, we need to convert the 4.5 yards of ribbon into inches.
1 yard is equal to 3 feet, and 1 foot is equal to 12 inches. So, to convert yards into inches, we can multiply the number of yards by 3, then multiply the number of feet by 12, and finally, add both results together.
4.5 yards * 3 feet/yard * 12 inches/foot = 54 inches
Anais had 54 inches of ribbon in total.
Next, we need to subtract the remaining amount of ribbon from the total amount to find out how much she used to trim the curtains.
To do this, we first need to convert 3 feet 8 inches into inches.
3 feet * 12 inches/foot = 36 inches
36 inches + 8 inches = 44 inches
Now, we subtract 44 inches from the total amount of ribbon:
54 inches - 44 inches = 10 inches
Therefore, Anais used 10 inches of ribbon to trim the curtains.
4 6/12 - 3 8/12
= 3 18/12
- 3 8/12
= 10/12
so, 10" left
or, 54"-44" = 10"