Question

Barry is making quilts for sewing class. He will use 22 yards of yellow fabric, 11.1 yards of green fabric, and 13.7 yards of blue fabric. This amount makes 24 quilts. How many yards are used for each quilt?

Answer 1

Barry uses 1.95 yards of fabric for each of the 24 quilts he makes, calculated by dividing the total yards of fabric used by the number of quilts.

Step-by-step explanation:

Barry is using a total amount of fabric to make quilts and we need to find out how many yards of fabric are used for each quilt. First, we will add up the total yards of fabric used: 22 yards of yellow fabric, 11.1 yards of green fabric, and 13.7 yards of blue fabric. The total fabric used is 22 + 11.1 + 13.7 = 46.8 yards.

Now, Barry makes a total of 24 quilts with this amount of fabric. To find out how many yards of fabric are used per quilt, we divide the total fabric by the number of quilts: 46.8 yards ÷ 24 quilts = 1.95 yards per quilt.

Therefore, Barry uses 1.95 yards of fabric for each quilt.