Question

Students are making ornaments and each takes 14 of a piece of Bristol board. They go to the cupboard and find 5 pieces oStudents are making ornaments and each takes 14 of a piece of Bristol board. They go to the cupboard and find 5 pieces of Bristol board. How many ornaments can they make?F Bristol board. How many ornaments can they make?

Answer 1

The students can make 70 pieces of ornament from the 5 pieces of Bristol board from the cupboard.

Explanation:

Since each student takes 14 of a piece of Bristol board to make an ornament, and we have 5 pieces of Bristol board in the cupboard, this implies that we require 1 Bristol board makes 14 pieces of ornament. Therefore 5 pieces of Bristol Board will make 5 × 14 pieces of ornament = 70 pieces of ornament.

So, the students can make 70 pieces of ornament from the 5 pieces of Bristol board from the cupboard.