Question

Tamia is getting balloons for her father's birthday party. She wants each balloon string to be 6 feet long. At the party store, string is sold by the yard. If Tamia wants to get 59 balloons, how many yards of string will she need?

Answer 1

118 yards

Explanation:

Tamia is getting balloons for her father's birthday party

She wants each balloon to be 6 feet long

Tamia wants to get 59 balloons

Therefore the yards of string needed can be calculated as follows

= 59×6

= 354 feet to yards

= 118 yards

Hence the number of yards needed is 118 yards