Question

5 Cindy uses leather cord to make necklaces. She has a piece of leather cord that has a length of 3 yards. Each necklace will have a length of 28 inches. How many necklaces can Cindy make? Show your work.

Answer 1

First, we need to convert the length of the leather cord to inches because the length of the necklace is given in inches.

3 yards = 3 x 3 = 9 feet (since there are 3 feet in a yard)

9 feet = 9 x 12 = 108 inches (since there are 12 inches in a foot)

Now we can divide the length of the leather cord by the length of each necklace:

108 inches ÷ 28 inches = 3.857

Since we cannot make a fraction of a necklace, we round down to the nearest whole number:

3 necklaces

Therefore, Cindy can make 3 necklaces with the piece of leather cord she has.