Question

Debbie is sewing pillowcases to sell at a craft fair she has a bolt of fabric that is 15 yards long each pillow case requires 8/9 yard of material if she makes as many pillowcases as possible how many yards of fabric will she have left

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Debby has 15 yards in total to make pillow cases.

Each pillow case requires (8/9) yard.

How much yard is left after she makes as many pillowcases as she can.

1 pillowcase = (8/9) yard

We need to obtain how many pillowcases 15 yards can make.

That is obtainable by dividing 15 by (8/9).

`\begin{gathered} 15/(8)/(9) \\ =15*(9)/(8) \\ =(135)/(8)=16.875 \end{gathered}`

Hence, 16.875 pillowcases of (8/9) yards each, are obtainable from 15 yards.

Since pillowcases cannot exist in fraction, the 0.875 pillowcase has to be extra yards of fabric.

1 pillowcase = (8/9) yard

0.875 pillowcase = 0.875 × (8/9) = (7/8) × (8/9) = (7/9) or 0.778 yards.

Hence, the number of yards that will be left after making as many