Question

Olivia is making scarves. Each scarf will have 5 rectangles, and 4 5 of the rectangles will be purple. How many purple rectangles does she need for 2 scarves? Olivia needs purple rectangles.

Answer 1

Out of every 5 rectangles 2 shall be purple.

3 scarves have 3 times 5 rectangles.

Thus they shall be 3 times 2 that are purple.