Question

Justin bought some yarn from his Favorite craft store. He can make one score for 3/5 of a ball of yarn. If he purchases 15 balls of yarn, how many scarves can he make

Answer 1

Justin can make 25 scraves with 15 balls of yarn

Solution:

Given that Justin can make one scarve for 3/5 of a ball of yarn

He purchases 15 balls of yarn

To find: number of scarves Justin can make

Number of scarves Justin can make with 15 balls of yarn can be found out by dividing 15 balls of yarn by 3/5 of a ball of yarn

$\text {number of scarves }=\frac{\text { total yarn he has }}{\text { yarn needed for } 1 \text { scarve }}$

$\text {number of scarves }=\frac{15}{3 / 5}$

$\text {number of scarves }=\frac{15}{3} \times 5=25$

Thus he can make 25 scraves