Noralie is making a necklace using a total of 48 beads. All of the beads will be either blue or yellow. She plans to use 1/3 as many yellow beads blue beads. How much of each color bead will she use ?

A: 16 Yellow and 32 blue B:32 yellow and 16 blue C:12 Yellow and 36 blue D: 36 Yellow and 12 blue

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Noralie is making a necklace using a total of 48 beads. All of the beads will be either blue or yellow. She plans to use 1/3 as many yellow beads blue beads. How much of each color bead will she use ? 

A: 16 Yellow and 32 blue  B:32 yellow and 16 blue  C:12 Yellow and 36 blue D: 36 Yellow and 12 blue

chaseffs · Answer

I would say.... judging by my mental math... the answer may be C.

chaseffs · Answer

Yep, The answer is C.