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.

To find out how many inches of ribbon Anais used to trim the curtains, we need to convert the yards and feet into inches and then subtract the amount of ribbon left.

1 yard = 36 inches
1 foot = 12 inches

First, let's convert the yards to inches:
2.5 yards * 36 inches/yard = 90 inches

Next, let's convert the feet to inches:
2 feet * 12 inches/foot = 24 inches

Now we add the inches together:
90 inches + 24 inches = 114 inches

Finally, we subtract the amount of ribbon left from the total amount of ribbon:
114 inches - 2 feet 8 inches = 114 inches - 32 inches = 82 inches

Therefore, Anais used 82 inches of ribbon to trim the curtains.

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To find out how many inches of ribbon Anais used to trim the curtains, we need to subtract the length of the remaining ribbon from the total length of ribbon she originally bought.

First, we need to convert the 2 1/2 yards of ribbon into inches. Since 1 yard is equal to 36 inches, we can multiply 2 1/2 yards by 36 to get the length in inches.
2 1/2 yards = (2 + 1/2) yards = 2.5 yards
2.5 yards * 36 inches/yard = 90 inches

Next, we need to convert the length of the remaining ribbon into inches. Since 1 foot is equal to 12 inches, we can multiply 2 feet by 12 and add 8 inches.
2 feet * 12 inches/foot = 24 inches
24 inches + 8 inches = 32 inches

Now, we can subtract the length of the remaining ribbon from the original length to find the length of ribbon Anais used.
90 inches - 32 inches = 58 inches

Therefore, Anais used 58 inches of ribbon to trim the curtains.

there are 36 inches in a yard

there are 12 inches in a foot

convert the measurements to inches and subtract