Question

Betty is making a quilt made of various patterns. She buys 3 sheets of fabric that each have an area of 30 square feet. She cuts them up into sections that are each 2/5 of a square foot. How many sections will she have total?

Answer 1

Answer:

She will have 12 sections per fabric and 36 sections in all

Step-by-step explanation:

Betty buy 3 fabrics of 30 ft²

If she cut each to 2/5 of 1 ft²

The she will have

30 × 2/5

= 6 × 2

= 12

She will have 12 for each fabric and for the 3 fabrics, she will have

12 × 3 = 36