Question

For her Halloween party, Sandra crafts a jack-o'-lantern pinata with strips of colorful papers.If it takes five packets of colorful papers to make 452 1/2 strips, how many strips can bemade from one packet?

Answer 1

Given:

Total packets taken = 5

Strips made=

`452(1)/(2)`

Now using unitary method, we have:

It takes 5 packets to make

`452(1)/(2)=(905)/(2)`

It will take 1 packet to make

`\begin{gathered} =(905)/(2*5)*1 \\ =(181)/(2) \\ =90(1)/(2) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the strips made from 1 packet will be 90 1/2.