Question

Samantha has 54 beads. Amanda has twice as many beads as Samantha. They are making bracelets it takes 8 beads to make a bracelet. If Samantha and Amanda combine their beads how many bracelets can they make.

Answer 1

On combining the beads they can make 20 bracelets.

Explanation:

The number of beads Samantha has = 54 beads

Number of beads Amanda has = 2 x( Number of beads Samantha has)

= 2 x 54 = 108 beads

The total number of beads Amanda and Samantha has

= 54 beads + 108 beads

= 162 beads

Number of beads required to make 1 bracelet = 8 beads

Now,
`\textrm{The number of bracelets made}  = \frac{\textrm{Total number of beads they both have}}{\textrm{Beads required to make 1 bracelet}}`

=
`(162)/(8)  = 20.25`≈ 20

or, the total number of bracelets they can make is 20.

Hence, on combining the beads they can make 20 bracelets .