Liz has a 24 inch long ribbon she cuts nine 2 inch pieces from her original ribbon how much of the original ribbon is left?

If she cut off nine pieces of 2-inch ribbon, in all, that would be 18. After that, it would simply be the matter of subtracting 24 and 18.

24 - 18 = 6.

And there's your answer. Liz has 6 inches of ribbon left.

She cuts off 9*2 = 18 inches from the ribbon 

Length of ribbon left = 24  - 18  = 6 inches Answer.

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