For a Chinese New Year celebration, James and Zhou are making a dragon costume similar to the one shown above.
In total, the costume requires 58.6 meters of fabric. Zhou already has 11.5 meters of fabric, and James just purchased 20.2 meters of fabric. How much more fabric is needed for the costume?
11.5 + 20.1 = 31.6
Subtract that sum from 58.6 m
To find out how much more fabric is needed for the costume, we add up the amount of fabric Zhou already has and the amount that James just purchased, and then subtract that from the total amount of fabric required.
Zhou already has 11.5 meters of fabric.
James just purchased 20.2 meters of fabric.
To find the total amount of fabric they have combined, we add these two amounts: 11.5 + 20.2 = 31.7 meters.
The costume requires 58.6 meters of fabric.
To find out how much more fabric is needed, we subtract the total amount they have from the required amount: 58.6 - 31.7 = 26.9 meters.
Therefore, they still need 26.9 meters of fabric for the costume.