Question

Olivia is making scarves. Each scarf will have 7 rectangles, and 6 7 of the rectangles will be purple. How many purple rectangles does she need for 2 scarves? Olivia needs 6? purple rectangles.

Answer 1

12 purple rectangles

Explanation:

Olivia is making scarves. Each scarf will have 7 rectangles, and 6/7 of the rectangles will be purple.

Number of purple rectangles in 1 scarf is calculated as =

7 × 6/7 = 6 rectangles per scarf

How many purple rectangles does she need for 2 scarves?

Therefore, If:

1 scarf = 6 purple rectangles

2 scarves = x purple rectangles

Cross Multiply

x = 2 × 6 purple rectangles

x = 12 purple rectangles