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A seamstress is making costumes for a school play.she needs 7 yards of fabric.she has 2 feet of fabric.how many more feet of fabric does she need

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The seamstress needs 5 more yards of fabric.
7-2=5
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Because there are 3 feet in a yard, 7 yards of fabric is 21 feet.  Since she already has 2 feet of fabric, she will need 19 more feet of fabric.
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