Question

Malorie uses 2/3 foot of string to make a bracelet. She bought 6 feet of string.

PART A:Write and solve an equation to find how many bracelets she can make from 6 feet of string.

PART B:Explain how you determined which operation was needed to write the equation.

Answer 1

A. 2/3x=6
B. I chose multiplication because division would be used to find the answer without an equation so I chose the inverse (or opposite) operation