Question

Malik's arts and crafts shop has a bolt of crimson velvet 32 meters long. A customer came in during the morning and bought 120 centimeters of the velvet. Another customer bought an additional 14 meters during the afternoon. How much crimson velvet does Malik's shop have left? Write the answer in centimeters.

Answer 1

Answer:

Amount of crimson velvet left = 3200 -  120 - 1400 = 1680  cm

Step-by-step explanation:

The arts and craft shop has a bolt of crimson velvet of 32 meters long. A customer bought 120 centimetres of the velvet. In the afternoon another customer bought 14 meters. The remaining length of crimson velvet Malik shop possess after the morning and afternoon sales can be calculated below.

The total length of the crimson velvet = 32 meters. Since our answer should be in centimetre we will convert all the units to cm.

total length = 32 m

1 m = 100 cm

32 m = ?

cross multiply

total length in cm = 32 × 100 = 3200 cm

The first customer bought 120 cm

The second customer bought 14 m so let convert again.

1 m = 100 cm

14 m = ?

cross multiply

the second customer length in cm = 14 × 100 = 1400 cm

The amount left in the shop will be as follows

Amount of crimson velvet left = 3200 -  120 - 1400 = 1680  cm