Question

kirts could she make? Show your work. To make a skirt out of fabric, Connie needs 1 3/4 yards of fabric. If Connie bought 10 1/2 yards of fabric at a sale, how many skirts could she make? Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer:

6 skirts

Explanation:

Given

$1\ Skirt = 1\frac{3}{4}\ fabric$

Required

Number of skirts for $10\frac{1}{2}\ fabric$

Represent the required number of skirts by x

To solve for this, we simply divide $10\frac{1}{2}$ by $1\frac{3}{4}$

$x = 10\frac{1}{2} / 1\frac{3}{4}$

Convert to mixed numbers

$x = \frac{21}{2} / \frac{7}{4}$

Rewrite as multiplication

$x = \frac{21}{2} * \frac{4}{7}$

$x = \frac{21 * 4}{2 * 7}$

$x = \frac{84}{14}$

$x = 6$

Hence, she could make 6 skirts