A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 6 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 10 of these rolls of
ribbon?
Before you try that problem, answer the question below.
How many inches of ribbon does the dressmaker have, in
total?

You have 10 rolls and each is 6 feet so therefore you have 60 feet of ribbon. Convert that to inches you need to multiply by 12 so 60 x 12 = 720 inches of ribbon.
If the dress maker needs 18 inch pieces you divide to 720 by 18.
720 divided by 18 will give you 40 pieces.

Final

The dressmaker will get 40, 18-inch pieces of ribbon from 10, 6 foot rolls.