Question

Your class is learning to tie knots. Each student needs a piece of rope that is 38

38
yard long. How many yards of rope are needed for the 16
16
students in your class?

Answer 1

they need 608 yards of rope of 16 students

Answer 2

Well since all 16 students need 38 yards long we need to do 16×38, which is 608. All together they need 608 yards of rope for the whole class.