Mary wants to make 5 pillows. Each pillow will use 1/2 yard of cloth. If the cloth costs $5.70 for each yard, how much will Mary spend?

Question

Mary wants to make 5 pillows. Each pillow will use 1/2 yard of cloth. If the cloth costs $5.70 for each yard, how much will Mary spend?

Answer 1

Just multiply the amount of cloth that is required to make one pillow by the number of pillows to be made--that gives you the number of yards of cloth needed.

 

Now multiply the unit cost ($5.70) by the number of yards to get the total cost of cloth for all the pillows.

 

You do the calculation, please, and be sure that you read this carefully to understand WHY.

Answer 2

Hi Lisa

 

If a yard of fabric will cost $5.70 and each pillow requires 1/2 yard, then Mary can make 2 pillows out of a yard.

 

5/2 = 2.5 so she will need 2.5 yards of fabric

 

$5.70 x 2.5 = $14.25

 

She will spend $14.25 on the fabric needed for the 5 pillows.