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Question

Bart makes a quilt using 42 pieces of cloth. Three kinds - dotted, striped and solid. He uses twice as many solid pieces as striped, and twice as many striped as dotted. How many of each kind does he use?

Answer 1

42/7=6
6*2=12
12*2=24
6+12+24=42
Break this up into how many groups of a certain number of pieces of cloth, g, Bart used. 1 group for dotted, 2 more for stirped, and two times that for 4 groups of solid cloth. This is a total of 7 groups. Divide the total number of pieces by the number of groups, to get 6 pieces of cloth in each group. From there, you can do the math. Bart used 24 solid pieces, 12 striped pieces, and 6 solid pieces.

Answer 2

42/7=6

6 Solid.

12 Striped.

24 Dotted.

Answer 3

6 Dotted, 12 Striped, 24 Solid

Answer 4

6 dotted squares....12 striped squares...and 24 solid


2dotted +4 dotted+dotted=42
7dotted=42
=6 dotted squares



2dotted=striped
12=striped

2 striped=solid
24=solid

Answer 5

OK, here ya go:

Number of dotted pieces of cloth = x
Number of striped pieces of cloth = 2x
Number of solid pieces of cloth = 2(2x) = 4x

x + 2x + 4x = 42
7x = 42
x = 6

Therefore:
Number of dotted pieces of cloth = x = 6
Number of striped pieces of cloth = 2x = 12
Number of solid pieces of cloth = 2(2x) = 4x = 24

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Answer 6

dotted- 6
striped - +12
solid- +24
= 42

Answer 7

14 of each pattern

Answer 8

x+y+w=42
y=2x
w=2y
therefore:
x+2x+4x=42
7x=42
x=6dotted
so:
y=2x=12striped
and:
w=2y=4x=24solid
check:
6+12+24=42
QED

Answer 9

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