Question

frank bought 9/10 of a yard of fabric He will need 2/7 of a yard to make a small pillow How many pillows will be be able to make? How much fabric will frank have left over ?

Answer 1

9/10 equals 0.9 , 2/7 equals about 0.28 . So 0.9 - 0.28 = 0.62 if you need .62 in a fraction it's 31/50

Answer 2

3 pillows.

`(3)/(20)` yards of fabric left over.

Explanation:

We have been given that Frank bought 9/10 of a yard of fabric He will need 2/7 of a yard to make a small pillow.

To find the number of pillow that Frank can make from available fabric, we will divide total amount of fabric by amount needed to make a small pillow as:

`(9)/(10)/ (2)/(7)`

Convert to multiplication problem by flipping the 2nd fraction:

`(9)/(10)* (7)/(2)`

`(9* 7)/(10* 2)`

`(63)/(20)`

`3(3)/(20)`

We can see that in our quotient there are 3 whole parts, therefore, Frank can make 3 pillows.

Since the fraction part is
`(3)/(20)`, therefore,
`(3)/(20)` yards of fabric will be left over.