Howard needed exactly 86 m of cloth to make 16 short identical streamers and 8 long identical streamers. He had some cloth which was just enough to make all the short streamers and 3 long streamers. He used 134
12 cm for each short streamer.
- How much cloth would he need to make 1 long streamer?
- How much cloth was he short of to make the remaining long streamers?
(a)
Length of 16 short streamers + Length of 8 long streamers = 86 m
1 m = 100 cm
Length of cloth for each short streamer
= 134
12 cm
= 134.5 cm
= 1.345 m
Length of cloth for 16 short streamers
= 16 x 1.345
= 21.52 m
Length of cloth for 8 long streamers
= 86 - 21.52
= 64.48 m
Length of cloth to make 1 long streamer
= 64.48 ÷ 8
= 8.06 m
(b)
Number of remaining long streamers that Howard needed
= 8 - 3
= 5
Length of cloth that he was short of
= Length of 5 long streamers
= 5 x 8.06
= 40.3 m
Answer(s): (a) 8.06 m; (b) 40.3 m