Question

Betty is making a quilt made of various patterns . She buys 3 sheets of fabric that each have an area of 30 square feet. She cuts them up into sections that are each 2/5 of a square foot . How many sections will she have total

Answer 1

225 sections

Explanation:

Each fabric has an area of 30 sq ft.

All 3 fabrics have a total area of 3 * 30 sq ft = 90 sq ft.

Each sections has an area of 2/5 sq ft.

number of sections = total area of fabric / area of each section

90/(2/5) = 90 * 5/2 = 450/2 = 225

Answer: 225 sections

Answer 2

She will have 12 sections per fabric and 36 sections in all

Explanation:

Betty buy 3 fabrics of 30 ft²

If she cut each to 2/5 of 1 ft²

Then she will have

30 × 2/5

= 6 × 2

= 12

She will have 12 for each fabric and for the 3 fabrics, she will have

12 × 3 = 36

Explanation: