Tierra bought 4 3/8 yards blue ribbon and 2 1/8 yards yellow ribbon for a craft project. how much more blue ribbon than yellow ribbon did Tierra by

Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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Given the statement:

Tierra bought 4 3/8 yards blue ribbon and 2 1/8 yards yellow ribbon for a craft project.

Determine how much more blue ribbon than yellow ribbon did Tierra buy.

Solution:

In order to determine how the answer, we simply needed to subtract the decimal value of 4 3/8 by 2 1/8.

 4 3/8
= 4.375

2 1/8
=2.125

=4.375 - 2.125

= 2.25 yards

Final answer:

Tierra bought 2.25 more yards of blue ribbon than yellow ribbon.