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Justin bought 6 ribbons for an art project.
Each ribbon is yard long. How many yards
of ribbon did Justin buy?

To find out how many yards of ribbon Justin bought, you multiply the number of ribbons by the length of each ribbon.

Justin bought 6 ribbons, and each ribbon is yard long.

So you calculate:

Therefore, Justin bought 1.5 yards of ribbon for his art project.

To avoid confusion with similar problems, remember that when multiplying fractions, you can convert whole numbers into fractions (like turning 6 into ). This way, the multiplication becomes straightforward, and you can simplify your results along the way to avoid errors.