Question

To make costumes for a play, Cassidy needs yellow and white fabric that she will cut into strips. The table shows how many yards of each fabric she needs, and how much she will pay for those yards.

Fabric Yards Cost
Yellow 16 $108.00
White 9.5 $45.60
Cassidy wants to cut the yellow fabric into strips that are 0.3 yards wide. How many strips of yellow fabric can Cassidy make?

Answer 1

The yellow fabric costs more. Take the amount total and divide it by the number of yards to get your cost per yard.

Explanation:

Yellow: 86.4/12.8=6.75

White: 45.6/9.5=4.8