Question

Joanie's curtain company is making curtains for a local hotel. She wants each curtain to be 48 inches long. At the fabric store, fabric is sold by the foot. If Joanie's curtain company wants to make 56 curtains, how many feet of fabric will she need?

1 inch =1/12 foot

Answer 1

Answer: 224 feet

Explanation:

Each curtain is 48 inches long, and she wants to make 56 curtains.

However, the fabric store sells by the foot.

There are two ways to do this:

1) You can convert beforehand.

48 inches= 4 feet because 1 inch=1/2 foot.

Multiply 48 by 1/12 to find how many feet are in 48 inches.

= 48/12

=4

So 48 inches= 4 feet

Now, each curtain is 4 feet. There are 56 curtains to be made.

Now multiply by 4 to find how many feet are in 56 curtains.

56x4=224 feet.

Answer= 224 ft

Or: You can convert afterwards

48x56= how many inches in 56 curtains

= 2,688 inches

Then, convert to feet!

1 inch= 1/12 foot

2688 multiplied by 1/12:

=2688/12

=224 feet

Answer= 224 feet

Either way, you both get 224 feet.