Question

Zoe has $45. She needs to buy a dress pattern for $12 and fabric that costs $9 per yard. What is the maximum number of yards of fabric can she buy?

Answer 1

45-12=33

then divide 33 by 9: 33÷9=3.66666666 repeating forever. you can round up to 3.7.

Answer 2

45-12 (pattern) = 33
33:9 = 3.6 (yards)
so she can only buy 3 full yards