Marissa has 4.5 feet of ribbon that she wants to use to tie some boxes. If 1 foot of ribbon is left after Marissa uses 0.7 feet of ribbon to tie each box, find out how many boxes she tied?
Let's think step by step.
5
Marissa used a total of 4.

5 - 1 = 3.

5 feet of ribbon to the boxes.

Thus, there were 3.

5 / 0.

7 = 5 boxes.

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Final answer: 5