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A seamstress has a piece of cloth that is 3 yards long. She cuts it into shorter lengths of 16 inches each. How many of the shorter pieces can she cut?
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A seamstress has a piece of cloth that is 3 yards long. She cuts it into shorter lengths of 16 inches each. How many of the shorter pieces can she cut?

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She can cut 6 pieces. Here's how.
Three yards are 108 inches, 16 can go into 108, 6.75 times.
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