Question

Pamela wants to make some friendship bracelets for her friends. Each friendship bracelet needs 5.2 inches of string. A) If Pamela has 20 inches of string, does she have enough to make bracelets for 4 of her friends? B) If so, how much string would she had left over? If not, hoe much more string would she need? [Please explain clearly and be specific on how you get the answer to part A and B.]

Answer 1

a. yes, because 4x5=20 so it is enough for her friends. B 4x2 = 8 (from 5.2) so Pamela has 0.8 string left

Answer 2

Each friendship bracelet needs 5.2 inches of string.

For 4 bracelets, she will need
`5.2*4=20.8` inches

A) If Pamela has 20 inches of string, does she have enough to make bracelets for 4 of her friends?

No, because for each bracelet, she will have only
`(20)/(4)=5` inches. But that is less as she needs 5.2 inches per bracelet.

B) She will need
`20.8-20=0.8` inches more.

Hence, she will need 0.8 inches of string more to make 4 bracelets.