Question

Emily needs to buy fabric to make curtain panels for her windows. Each panel will be 4 feet long and 1/2 foot wide. Each piece of fabric that she can buy is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide . How many panels can she make from i piece of fabric?

Answer 1

Explanation:

4x2=8 feet

4x 1/2 = 4/1 x 1/2= 4/2= 2 feet

8-2=4

She can make 4 panels from each piece of fabric.

Answer 2

She can make 4 pieces of fabric from 1 piece of fabric. 2 divided by 1/2 equals 4.