Question

Jen has 6 yards of fabric and wants to make a new dress and shorts she used 3 1/3 yards of the fabric on her new dress how much fabric does Jen have left for the shorts? Show Your Work !!!!!!!!​

Answer 1

`2(2)/(3)\ yards`

Explanation:

we know that

To find out how much fabric Jen has left for the shorts, subtract the yards of fabric used in her new dress from the total yards of fabric Jen has.

so

`6-3(1)/(3)`

Convert mixed number to an improper fraction

`3(1)/(3)=(3*3+1)/(3)=(10)/(3)`

substitute

`6-3(1)/(3)=6-(10)/(3)=(8)/(3)\ yards`

Convert to mixed number

`(8)/(3)\ yards=(6)/(3)+(2)/(3)=2(2)/(3)\ yards`