Question

Sarah was cutting fabric for a quit she cut 5 equal pieces out of strip of fabric that was 19 1/8 inches long when she waa finished cutting Sarah had a leftover piece that was 2 1/4 inches long how long was each piece that she cut for the quilt

Answer 1

To find the answer to this question you will subtract the 2 1/4 inches from the original 19 1/8 inch piece.

19 1/8 - 2 1/4
19 1/8 - 2 2/8
18 9/8 - 2 2/8
16 7/8 inches

This leaves you with 16 7/8 inches to divide 5 ways.

16 7/8 divided by 5
3 3/8 inches per piece