Sydney wants to make 15 beaded rings for a craft show. She needs 60 beads for each ring. She has 852 beads. Does Sydney have enough beads to make 15 complete rings?

Question

Explain your answer. Include all work used to determine if she has enough beads.
put it as a 5th grader

Answer 1

To find out if Sydney has enough beads to make 15 beaded rings, we need to first figure out how many beads she needs in total for all the rings.

1. Find the total number of beads needed for 15 rings:

   Since Sydney needs 60 beads for each ring, we can multiply the number of rings (15) by the number of beads per ring (60).

   \[ \text{Total beads needed} = 15 \text{ rings} \times 60 \text{ beads per ring} \]

   Now let's do the multiplication:

   \[ 15 \times 60 = 900 \]

   So, Sydney needs 900 beads in total to make 15 rings.

2. Compare the number of beads she has to the number of beads needed:

   Sydney has 852 beads. Now, we need to see if 852 is enough for the 900 beads needed.

3. Subtract the number of beads Sydney has from the total needed:

   \[ 900 \text{ beads needed} - 852 \text{ beads she has} = 48 \]

   This means Sydney is short by 48 beads.

4. Conclusion:

   Since 852 beads is less than 900 beads, Sydney does not have enough beads to make 15 complete rings. She needs 48 more beads to reach the total she needs.