Question

9. A tailor has 23 metres of cloth. She wants to make 7 baju kurung of the same size. She then has 2 metres of cloth left. How many metres of cloth did she use to make each baju kurung?​

Answer 1

The tailor used 3m per baju kurung.

Explanation:

The tailor began with 23m of cloth and at the end had 2m of cloth left. You calculate how many meters of cloth she used all together by subtracting 2 from 23:

23m - 2m = 21m

Then you find out how many meters she used per baju kurung by dividing 21 by 7:

21m / 7m = 3m