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 as blue beads. How many 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

Question

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 as blue beads. How many 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

paki · Answer

The answer should add up together to give 48...
Because you want 1/3 as many yellow beads as blue beads, the number of yellow beads should be less. Look at your options and and you can eliminate B and D...
For A, 16 is 1/2 of 32 so that is incorrect...
For C, 12 is 1/3 of 36...

minecrafter64 · Answer

c is the correct answer

minecrafter64 · Answer

and finishing paki's answers: 12 is 1/3 of 36 and 12 + 36 = 48

minecrafter64 · Answer

hope this helps.