Question

A pillowcase requires 1 1/3 yards of material. If Mrs. Huerta plans to sew six pillowcases, then how many yards of fabric does she need?

Answer 1

8 yards bc you just multiply the unit cost of each pillow (1 1/3 yards) by 6 bc that’s the total amount of pillows she’s making

Answer 2

8 yards

Explanation:

We can model this with a simple expression of

1 1/3 *6 since he is sewing 6 pillowcases

to make this easier we can turn 1 1/3 to 4/3 and 6 into 6/1

so 4/3*6/1

we multiply the numerators together and the denominators together

24/3

or

8