Question

Sean is getting balloons for his grandfather's birthday party. He wants each balloon string to be 9 feet long. At the party store, string is sold by the yard. If Sean wants to get 66 balloons, how many yards of string will he need?

Answer 1

198 yards

Explanation:

Sean wants the sting of each balloon to be 9 feet, and he wants to get a total of 66 balloons.

The total length of stings required for 66 balloons would be;

total length of balloon strings = 66 x 9 feet

= 594 feet

But the string is sold by the yard at the store.

So that,

1 yard = 36 inches = 3 feet

x yard = 594 feet

Thus,

x =
`(594)/(3)`

= 198 yards

x = 198 yards

Therefore, the total length of string that Sean would need is 198 yards.