Question

Markuo is getting balloons for his father's birthday party. He wants each balloon string to be 9 feet long. At the party store, string is sold by the yard. If Markuo wants to get 42 balloons, how many yards of string will he need

Answer 1

126 yards

Explanation:

There are three feet in a yard, and so three yards per balloon string. If you multiply 3 (yards) by 42 (balloons), you get 126 yards.