Nico had 3 1/2 yards of fabric. He used 2/3 yard to make a pillow cover and 1/3 yard to make a scarf. How much fabric does Nico

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Bezzdna [24]

3 years ago

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Nico had 3 1/2 yards of fabric. He used 2/3 yard to make a pillow cover and 1/3 yard to make a scarf. How much fabric does Nico

have left?

Mathematics

2 answers:

DochEvi [55] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-03T07:07:11+03:00

DochEvi [55]3 years ago

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Change 3 1/2 to an improper fraction: 7/2
Make a common denominator: 21/6, 4/6, 2/6
So he has 21/6 yards of fabric and uses 6/6 total.
Subtract 6/6 from 21/6: 15/6
Change 15/6 to a mixed fraction: 2 1/2
He has 2 1/2 yards of fabric left.

7nadin3 [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-03T05:27:04+03:00

7nadin3 [17]3 years ago

3 0

2 1/2 yards of fabric are left