In the video, Javier was told he had 9 feet of ribbon and it takes of a foot to wrap a package. He was asked how
many packages he can wrap.
What math problem was represented in the question? Choose the correct answer below.
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To determine how many packages Javier can wrap with 9 feet of ribbon where each package requires of a foot, you’d want to see how many times goes into 9. This means you need to divide the total length of ribbon by the amount of ribbon needed for one package, which mathematically is represented as:

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Now, to actually perform the division, you would multiply by the reciprocal of , simplifying the problem to multiplying by . This is a very common operation when dealing with fractions and gives you just under 12 packages!