Abigail wants to make a tapestry in the shape of a parallelogram that is 24 inches across the bottom and 36 inches tall. If she pieces smaller similar parallelograms that are 2 inches at the base and 3 inches tall, how many will she need to make the tapestry?

The large parallelogram’s base is 24 ÷ 2 = 12 times the small one’s base, and its height is 36 ÷ 3 = 12 times the small one’s height. So its area is 12 × 12 = 144 times the area of one small parallelogram. Abigail needs 144 pieces, choice C.

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