Question

Greata had a price of cloth that is 9 yards long. She cuts it into prices that are each 1/3 yard long. How many prices of cloth does Greata have now?

Answer 1

Given:

Length of cloth = 9 yards

Length of pieces = $\dfrac{1}{3}$ yards each

To find:

The number of pieces of cloths after cutting.

Solution:

Let n be the number of required pieces.

Length of each piece is $\dfrac{1}{3}$ yards. So, the length of n pieces is $\dfrac{1}{3}n$ yards.

The length of the whole cloth is 9 yards. So, $\dfrac{1}{3}n$ yards must be equal to 9 yards.

$\dfrac{1}{3}n=9$

Multiply both sides by 3.

$n=9\times 3$

$n=27$

Therefore, the Greata have 27 pieces of cloths.