Question

Rachel and her friends are making necklaces out of beads and straws. They plan to use 12 beads and 5 straws for each necklace. They have a jar of beads that contains a total of 2,700 beads. How many necklaces can they make? Write an equation to solve the problem. ÷ =

Answer 1

225 necklaces.

Explanation:

Assuming that they have the necessary amount of straws to match the beads then we can use the following simple equation to solve this problem.

t = b/12 ... where t is the total amount of necklaces and b is the number of beads you have

t = 2700 / 12

225 necklaces.

For 225 necklaces you would also need 1125 straws since each necklace requires 5 straws to be fully made. Therefore if you have this amount you should not run into any problems.