Question

Isabella’s ballet class is performing a spring recital for which they need butterfly costumes. Each butterfly costume is made from 3 3/5 yards of fabric. Use the Distributive Property to find the number of yards of fabric needed for 5 costumes.

A) 15 3/5 yards
B) 16 3/5 yards
C) 17 3/5 yards
D) 18 3/5 yards

Answer 1

Using the Distributive Property, multiply 3 3/5 yards of fabric per costume by 5 costumes to get 18/5 × 5, which simplifies to 18 yards total for 5 costumes.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the total amount of fabric needed for 5 butterfly costumes using the Distributive Property, we multiply the amount of fabric needed for one costume by the number of costumes.

Each costume requires 3 3/5 yards of fabric, which can also be written as 18/5 yards when converted to an improper fraction. Now, we use the Distributive Property to find the total fabric needed for 5 costumes:

18/5 yards per costume × 5 costumes = (18 × 5) / 5 yards = 90/5 yards = 18 yards.

Therefore, the total number of yards of fabric needed for 5 costumes is 18 yards.