Question

Edith will be handing out school spirit ribbons in class on Monday. She needs 70 ribbons that are each 20 cm long — a total of 1,400 cm of ribbon — but the fabric store only sells ribbons by the meter.

How many meters of ribbon does Edith need?

1.4 m
140,000 m
14 m
0.14 m

Answer 1

@robtobey @GNiiij @ijlal

Answer 2

have you learned the trick about moving decimals for questions like this?

Answer 3

convert cm to m

Answer 4

14 m