Question

To celebrate Halloween, Greta's class is making candy necklaces. Greta is helping pass out string from a 50-yard-spool. She gives 30 inches of string to each student. If there are 24 students in her class, how many yards of string will be left over?

Answer 1

After converting inches to yards, Greta will have 30 yards of string left over from the original 50-yard spool after giving 30 inches to each of the 24 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many yards of string will be left over after Greta distributes 30 inches of string to each of the 24 students, we first need to convert 30 inches to yards for each student as there are 36 inches in a yard. This means each student gets 5/6 of a yard (since 30 / 36 = 5/6). If there are 24 students, the total amount of string needed is 24 students multiplied by 5/6 yards per student, which equals 20 yards. Greta started with a 50-yard spool of string, so we subtract the total amount used from the original amount to find the leftover string. Therefore, 50 yards minus 20 yards equals 30 yards left over.