Darcy needs 1/4 yard of fabric to make a banner. She has 2 yards of fabric. How many banners can she make?
Explain how to use a model to show 2/6÷1/12 and 2/6÷4
To find out how many banners Darcy can make, divide the total amount of fabric she has by the amount of fabric needed to make one banner.
Darcy has 2 yards of fabric, and she needs 1/4 yard of fabric to make one banner.
So, divide 2 yards by 1/4 yard:
2 yards ÷ 1/4 yard = (2 yards) × (4/1 yard) (inverting the denominator and multiplying)
Now, multiply the numerators and denominators:
(2 × 4) yards ÷ 1
Simplifying the expression:
8 yards ÷ 1
Since dividing by 1 doesn't change the value, we have:
8 yards
Therefore, Darcy can make 8 banners with the 2 yards of fabric she has.
To find out how many banners Darcy can make, we need to divide the total amount of fabric she has by the amount needed for one banner.
First, let's calculate how many banners can be made with 2 yards of fabric.
Since Darcy needs 1/4 yard of fabric for one banner, we can find how many banners can be made from 2 yards of fabric by dividing 2 by 1/4:
2 ÷ 1/4
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by the reciprocal (or flip the fraction):
2 × 4/1 = 8/1
Therefore, Darcy can make 8 banners from 2 yards of fabric.