Question

A school club needs 300 feet of rope for a project. They have the amounts of rope listed below.

· 2 pieces of rope that are each 16 yards in length
· 1 piece of rope that is 12.5 yards in length
· 1 piece of rope that is 123.25 feet in length

How much additional rope, in feet, does the school club need in order to have enough rope for their project? Show your work.

Answer 1

school need 91.25 feet of rope for their project
16 yard = 48 feet and 12.5 yard = 37.5 feet

Answer 2

Answer: 43.25 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

A school club needs 300 feet of rope for a project.

They have the amounts of rope as :-

• 2 pieces of rope that are each 16 yards in length.

Total length of 2 ropes=$2\times16=32\ yards$

We know that 1 yard = 3 feet

Thus, Total length of 2 ropes =$32\times3=96\ feet$....(1)

• 1 piece of rope that is 12.5 yards in length.

Thus, length of rope =$12.5\times3=37.5\ feet$....(2)

• 1 piece of rope that is 123.25 feet in length ..................(3)

Adding (1), (2) and (3), we get

The total length of all the ropes =$37.5+96+123.25=256.75\ feet$

The length of additional rope the school club needs in order to have enough rope for their project=$300-256.75=43.25\ feet$