The prototypes are completed.They look terrific. Now it’s time for the fashion show! Maybe you have seen parts of a fashion show on television. At these shows, models walk down a runway. A runway is a long,narrow platform that extends out into the audience. The models wear new clothing designs. The people in the audience sit in chairs and watch. They look at the interesting new clothes.
Fashion designers have shows to display their new designs. People who own clothing stores often go to the shows. They decide which of the designs to buy.They will sell clothing made according to these designs in their stores.
Runway Math
Planning fashion shows requires math skills. Sometimes a fashion show can be only a certain number of hours or minutes long.Designers must determine how many of their designs they can display at the show in that time. Sometimes designers know they want to display a certain number of designs. How long should the show be to allow all the designs to be seen? Designers can use division or multiplication to figure out things like these.
Suppose a fashion show will be 30 minutes long. Each model will walk on the runway for 2 minutes. She will walk to the front of the runway, stop so that people can look closely at what she is wearing, and walk back again. Then, another model will come out.
