Question

Lisa is making costumes for a school play. She can make 8 costumes with 24 meters of material. How many meters of material would Lisa need to make 15 costumes?

Answer 1

45 meters of material for 15 costumes

Explanation:

First things first, you need to find out how many meters of material Lisa can use to make one costume. To do this, you divide 8 by 8 and 24 by 8.

8 ÷ 8 = number of costumes

8 ÷ 8 = 1 costume

24 ÷ 8 = meters of material for one costume

24 ÷ 8 = 3 meters of material for one costume

Second, you want to find out how many meters of material Lisa needs for 15 costumes. To do this, you multiply 1 by 15 and 3 by 15.

1*15 = number of costumes

1*15 = 15 costumes

3*15 = meters of material for 15 costumes

3*15 = 45 meters of material for 15 costumes

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

45metre

Explanation:

1 costume= 24÷8

=3metre

15 costume = 3m × 15

=45