Question

Alicia sews costumesfor a school play.She takes an average of 86 minutes to sew each costume.How long would she take to sew 16 of these costumes

Answer 1

1376 minutes

Explanation:

Alicia sews costumes for schools

She takes 86 minutes to sew one costume

Therefore the time taken to sew 16 costumes can be calculated as follows

86 mins= 1 costume

x= 16 costume

Cross multiply

x= 86×16

= 1376 minutes