Angela is crocheting scarfs for seniors at the nursing home. She needs 20 1/4 yards of yarn for each scarf. If she is given 324 yards of yarn by the craft shop, how many scarves ca she crochet?

Question

A 16 scarves
B 304 scarves
C 344 scarves
D 32 scarves

Answer 1

To find the number of scarves Angela can crochet, we need to divide the total yards of yarn by the amount of yarn needed for each scarf.

Number of scarves = Total yards of yarn / Yards of yarn needed per scarf
Number of scarves = 324 yards / 20 1/4 yards
Number of scarves = (324*4) / (20 + 1/4)
Number of scarves = 1296 / (80/4 + 1/4)
Number of scarves = 1296 / (81/4)
Number of scarves = 1296 * (4/81)
Number of scarves = 2592/81
Number of scarves ≈ 32

Therefore, Angela can crochet approximately 32 scarves with the given amount of yarn.

The answer is D) 32 scarves.