Fashion designers sometimes provide refreshments at their fashion shows. They use their math skills to make sure that they purchase the right amounts.Suppose a designer is having a show, and 200 people will attend. He will serve bottled water and apples. Then he asks himself, “How much should I buy?” He can use multiplication and division to find out.
A designer created a jacket. It was modeled at a fashion show. A store owner loved the look of the jacket and ordered 100 jackets for her store. Now the designer must get the jackets made.Her math skills will help her do this.First, the designer must purchase the materials she needs. She must buy denim fabric for the outside of the jacket.She needs nylon fabric for the jacket’s lining. She needs buttons, and she needs thread.
But how much of each kind of fabric should she buy? How much thread? How many buttons? The designer uses multiplication to find out. Here’s how she does it.
