Question

Christopher just found beautiful yarn for 20% off at his favorite yarn store. He can make one scarf from 2/3 of a ball of yarn. If Christopher buys 12 balls of yarn, how many scarves can he make?

Answer 1

Christopher would be able to make 18 scarves.

To solve this problem, we just need to divide 12 by 2/3. To divide 12 by 2/3, we just multiply 12 by 3/2.

This will give us 36 over 2 or just 18.