Question

It takes two-thirds of yard of fabric to make a pillowcase. How many pillowcases can be made from 16 yards of fabric?

Answer 1

To get the answer we have to divide 16 yards by 2/3. When we are trying to divide number by fraction we can multiply that number by inverse of that fraction. Lets do this

`16: (2)/(3) =16* (3)/(2)= (16*3)/(2) = (48)/(2)=48:2=24` - its the answer