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Make a plan to solve the following problem. Solve showing all your work.
John needs to wrap 15 Christmas presents. Each present requires 3.5 yards of wrapping paper. At the store, wrapping paper is solve by the foot. How many feet of wrapping paper should John buy?
What is
1. multiply 3.5 x 3 to find how many feet in 3.5 yards
2. Multiply the answer to step 1 with 15
3.5x 3= 10.5 feet
10.5 x 15= 157.5 feet