Question

Olivia is making scarves. Each scarf will have five rectangles, and 2/5 of the rectangles will be purple. How many purple rectangles does she need for 3 scarves?

Answer 1

In each scarf, 2 of 5 rectangles are purple. Since there are 5 rectangles, 2 are purple.

For three scarves, Olivia needs 2*3 = 6 purple rectangles.

Answer 2

Hello!

Do, we know that each scarf has five rectangles, and two of them are purple.

2 × 3 = 6

ANSWER:

Olivia needs 6 purple rectangles for 3 scarves.