Question

Hazel is putting together charm bracelets. For each bracelet 1/5 of a yard of string and 12 charms. hazel has 5/8 of a yard of string and 96 charms. she makes the charm bracelet until all of the string is gone. what fraction of charms did she use?

Answer 1

37/96 hazel has

Explanation:

1/5 times 12=60

so Hazel uses 1 yardd for 60 charms, so for 5/8 yard Hazel would use 5/8×60=37.5.

since Hazel isn't able to use a fraction of a charm, she would use 37 charms

37/96 Charms Hazel has

Answer 2

3/8

Explanation:

First, find the number of bracelets she's able to make with her string. She has 5/8 of a yard and uses 1/5 per bracelet. To divide the number of yards she has by the number she uses, multiply 5/8 by the reciprocal of 1/5 (5/1).

5/8 * 5/1 = 25/8

25/8 is 3.12500, which is the number of bracelets she can make. It rounds down to 3 since she can't make 0.12500 bracelets.

Now, find how many charms she used. 3 bracelets * 12 charms each is 36 charms in total.

So she used 36/96 of her charms. This can be simplified to 3/8.