Question

The directions on a sewing pattern say to cut an extra 15% of fabric to account for error.

Chloe needs 0.75 yardof fabric to make a skirt, and she cuts 0.1125 yard.
Did Chloe cut the correct amount of fabric? Why or why not?

Answer 1

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Answer:

no; the yardage should be more than 0.75 yards

Explanation:

A value that is 15% more than 0.75 will be a number that is greater than 0.75. The number 0.1125 is much less than 0.75, so cannot be the correct amount of fabric.

Chloe did not cut the correct amount.

(the correct amount is 0.8625 yards)

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Additional comment

Often, all that is needed for answering a multiple choice question properly is ...

a) an understanding of what the question is asking

b) comprehension of what the answer must look like.

Here, the directions are saying to cut more than 0.75 yards. The result will be a value that is more than 0.75 (and less than 1).

The value 0.1125 yard is 15% of 0.75 yard. The cut amount should be that much in addition to 0.75 yard: 0.75 +0.1125 = 0.8625 yard.