A roll of ribbon was 12 meters long. Diego cut 9 pieces of ribbon that were 0.4 meters each to tie some presents. He then used the remaining ribbon to make some wreaths. Each wreath required 0.6 meter. How many meters of ribbon were available for making wreaths?

meters

How many wreaths could Diego make with the available ribbon?

wreaths

8.4; 14.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how much ribbon we used to tie presents, we need to multiply 9 and 0.4.

9 x 0.4 = 3.6.

Diego used 3.6 meters of yard to tie some presents. We can subtract that from 12 to find how much ribbon we have left.

12 - 3.6 = 8.4.

We have 8.4 meters of ribbon to make wreaths.

Now we have to find how many wreaths we can make wiht 8.4 meters of ribbon. We know that each wreath needs 0.6, so we should divide 8.4 by 0.6 to find how many wreaths we can make.

8.4 ÷ 0.6 = 14.

Therefore, we can make 14 wreaths with the 8.4 meters of leftover ribbon.

(Part A's answer is 8.4, and Part B's answer is 14)