Question

Lucia is making a 21.6 centimeter beaded string to hang in the window. She decides to put a green bead every 0.4 centimeters and a purple bead every 0.6 centimeters. How many green and purple beads will she need?

Answer 1

Lucia would need 54 green beads and 36 purple beads.

• Total length of her beaded string = 21.6 centimeters
• Decided length for green beads = 0.4 centimeters
• Decided length for purple beads = 0.6 centimeters

Further Explanation

To determine the amount of green and purple beads she would use for the whole beaded string, the total length of her beaded string (21.6) would be divided by the amount of colored beads (For green: 0.4; For purple: 0.6) she decided to use for the beaded string separately.

Therefore, 21.6 ÷ 0.4; and 21.6 ÷ 0.6

Hence,  

For green beads:

Total length of her beaded string ÷ Decided length for green beads

= 21.6 ÷ 0.4 ( can be expressed as $\frac{216}{4}$)

= $\frac{216}{4}$

= 54

For purple beads:

Total length of her beaded string ÷ Decided length for purple beads

= 21.6 ÷ 0.6 (can be expressed as $\frac{216}{6}$)

= $\frac{216}{6}$

= 36

Therefore she would need 54 green beads and 36 purple beads for her beaded string.  

The above expression is a number problem, and was solved with the aid of division. Division is a basic arithmetic operation which deals with splitting or dividing two or more numerical values into different equal part.

It is also a function of BODMAS (which is an order of operations). BODMAS basically means Bracket, Orders, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.

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Answer 2

21.6 ÷ 0.4 = 54 times for green
21.6 ÷ 0.6 = 36 times for purple

Together, 90 beads. Separately, 54 green and 36 purple.