Q. Cindy bought 3 rolls of paper towels. She got 112.59 meters of paper towels in all. How many meters of paper towels were on each roll?____ meters
Identify total amount: Step 1: Identify the total amount of paper towels and the number of rolls Cindy bought.Cindy has 112.59 meters of paper towels in total and she bought 3 rolls.Short reasoning: To find out how many meters are on each roll, we need to divide the total meters by the number of rolls.Calculation: 112.59 meters ÷3 rolls.
Perform division: Step 2: Perform the division to find the meters per roll.Calculation: 112.59÷3=37.53 meters per roll.
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