Allie bought a roll of wrapping paper that is 8 1/2 feet long. She is wrapping gifts for her staff and needs 1 3/4 feet of wrapping paper for each gift. If Allie wraps as many gifts as possible with one roll, how many feet of wrapping paper will she have left over?

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Answer:

1 1/2 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that she needs 1 3/4 feet of wrapping paper per gift and she has a total of 8 1/2 feet.

The number of gifts she can wrap is:

[tex]8.5/1.75=4.86[/tex]

She can wrap four gifts

Therefore:

[tex]4\cdot{1.75}=7[/tex]

She will use 7 feet of wrapping paper and she has:

[tex]8.5-7=1.5[/tex]

She has 1 1/2 feet of wrapping paper left

Answer:

11/2

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