Q. Malia bought 7 rolls of paper towels. She got 71.4 meters of paper towels in all. How many meters of paper towels were on each roll?____ meters
Identify total meters: Step 1: Identify total meters and number of rolls.Malia has 71.4 meters of paper towels in total and bought 7 rolls.To find out how many meters are on each roll, we need to divide the total meters by the number of rolls.Calculation: 71.4÷7
Perform division: Step 2: Perform the division to find meters per roll. 71.4÷7=10.2So, each roll has 10.2 meters of paper towels.
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