Question

Mary is making some shirts for her school drama department the fabric has 3 1/6 yards of the fabric she wants in stock but this quantity of fabric can make only 1 1/3 shirts. What length of fabric does Mary need to buy if she wants to sew 2 shirts

Answer 1

3 1/6 yards of fabric make = 1/3 of a shirt
(19/6 * 3) = 12 1/2 yards of fabric make one shirt.
So 25 yards make 2 shirts.