Question

Zoe's mom is making super hero capes for the guests at her little brother's birthday party. Each cape uses of a yard of fabric. Her mom bought a total of 10 yards of fabric. Part A: How many complete capes will Zoe's mom be able to make with the amount of fabric she bought? Part B: Making 1 cape takes Zoe's mom 12 minutes. Using the number of capes you found in Part A, how many total minutes will she spend making capes?

Answer 1

Part A: 10 complete capes.

Part B: 120 minutes.

Explanation:

Part A:

Given:

Amount of fabric required for 1 cape is 1 yard.

Total amount of fabric bought by Zoe's mom are 10 yards.

Using unitary method,

∵Number of capes made from 1 yard fabric = 1

∴ Number of capes made from 10 yard fabric =
`10* 1=10`

Part B:

Given:

Time taken to make 1 cape is 12 minutes.

Using unitary method,

∵Time taken to make 1 cape = 12 minutes.

∴ Time taken to make 10 capes =
`12* 10=120` minutes.