To make a dog bandana, you must have 12 inches of material. You are making several bandanas, so you buy 3 1/3 yards of material How many bandanas can you make?

1 Answer
Nov 15, 2016

x=10 bandanas can be made

Explanation:

So we know that to make a dog bandana we must have 12 inches of material.

First of all we will convert yards into inches

1 " yard "=36 Inches so 3 1/3 " yards "= x Inches

Yard : inches
" " 1 : 36
" "3 1/3:x
" "10/3:x

x = 10/3 xx 36

x=120 Inches

Note: 3 1/3 !=3.33
3 1/3 is exact while 3.33 has been rounded off from the recurring decimal #3.33333333..

Now we will calculate how many bandanas 120 Inches can make:

Bandana : amount
" "1:12
" "x:120

" "x=10