Colleen and her two best friends are all dressing up as superheroes for Halloween this year. Their costumes are almost ready, but each person still needs to make a cape. If each cape uses 4 feet of cloth, how many yards of cloth will they use for the 3 capes?

Question

Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, or simplified fraction. Do not round.
yards

Answer 1

To find out how much cloth is needed for the 3 capes, we first need to calculate the total amount of cloth in feet:

Each cape uses 4 feet of cloth, so for 3 capes:

\[ 3 \text{ capes} \times 4 \text{ feet/cape} = 12 \text{ feet} \]

Next, we need to convert feet to yards. There are 3 feet in a yard, so we convert feet to yards by dividing the total feet by 3:

\[ \frac{12 \text{ feet}}{3 \text{ feet/yard}} = 4 \text{ yards} \]

Therefore, the total amount of cloth needed for the 3 capes is:

\[ \boxed{4} \text{ yards} \]