A drama teacher needs to make 6 costumes for dancers in a play. Each costumes takes one and a half meters of cloth.The cloth is sold only by the yard.What is the best estimate of the number of yards the teacher must buy to make sure she has enough cloth for the six costumes?
6 * 1 1/2 meters of cloth =
6 * 3/2 = 9 meters of cloth. a meter is roughly a yard. so we need about 9 yards. However, a yard is a bit less than a meter, so to make sure, buy 10 yards of cloth.
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To determine the best estimate of the number of yards the drama teacher needs to buy, we need to calculate the total amount of cloth required for the six costumes.
Given that each costume requires 1.5 meters of cloth, we can find the total amount of cloth needed by multiplying the amount needed for one costume by the number of costumes:
1.5 meters/costume x 6 costumes = 9 meters.
Since the cloth is sold by the yard, we need to convert the required meters to yards. One yard is equivalent to 0.9144 meters:
9 meters รท 0.9144 meters/yard = 9.84 yards.
Therefore, the best estimate of the number of yards the teacher must buy is around 9.84 yards. Since we can't purchase fractions of a yard, it would be advisable for the teacher to round up to the nearest whole number. In this case, the teacher should buy approximately 10 yards of cloth to ensure there is enough for all six costumes.