Question

What is the length of cloth needed to make 24 shirts if each shirt is made from .75 yards of material?

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

if each shirt needs 0.75 yards then we know that we can multiply 0.75 times 24 which will give us our answer of 18.

Answer 2

18 yards of material needed to make 24 shirts

Explanation:

The unit rate is

1 shirt

------------------------------ = 1 1/3 shirts per yard of material = 4/3 shirt/yard

0.75 yards material

This rate could also be written as 3/4 yard per shirt

Multiply this latter rate by 24 shirts:

3 yard

-------------- * 24 shirts = 18 yards of material needed to make 24 shirts

4 shirt