Question

Alex finds a remnant of landscaping fabric at a garden store. The fabric is the standard width, with a length of 9.88 m. Alex needs fourteen 0.8-m pieces for a garden patio. a) How many 0.8-m pieces can Alex cut from the remnant? What assumptions did you make?

Answer 1

Alex can cut 12 whole 0.8-m pieces from a 9.88-m length of landscaping fabric, assuming no material is wasted in cutting.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many 0.8-m pieces can Alex cut from a 9.88-m length of landscaping fabric. To find the answer, we will divide the total length of the remnant by the length of the pieces Alex needs.

The calculation is as follows:

1. Find the total number of pieces: 9.88 m ÷ 0.8 m = 12.35 pieces.
2. Because you can't have a fraction of a piece, Alex can only cut 12 whole pieces of 0.8 m from the remnant.

The assumptions made here are that there is no waste or selvage and that each cut is perfectly efficient.