how would i work this out
sari has 7/12 yards of material does she have more or less than 8 yards of cloths?
7/12 of a yard is just over half a yard. It's much less than 8 yards.
To determine whether Sari has more or less than 8 yards of cloth, you need to compare the amount she has (7/12 yards) with 8 yards.
To make the comparison, you can convert 7/12 to a common denominator. In this case, the least common multiple of 12 and 1 is 12.
To convert 7/12 to make the denominator 12, you multiply the numerator and denominator by the same number, which is 12 in this case:
7/12 * 12/12 = 84/144
Now that both fractions have a denominator of 12, you can compare them.
So, 7/12 yards is equivalent to 84/144 yards.
To check if Sari has more or less than 8 yards, you compare 84/144 with 8.
Since 84/144 is less than 8, Sari has less than 8 yards of cloth.