sue bought 2 1/2 yards of blue cloth for $ 6.97 and 1 1/2 yards of yellow cloth by for half as much. She used 1/4 of the blue cloth to make her mother an apron. How much cloth did it take to make the apron?
(1/4) * (5/2) = 5/8 yard
To find out how much cloth Sue used to make the apron, we need to calculate 1/4 of the total blue cloth she bought.
Sue bought 2 1/2 yards of blue cloth, so we need to convert this mixed number to an improper fraction.
2 1/2 can be written as (2 * 2) + 1/2 = 5/2.
Now, let's find 1/4 of 5/2.
1/4 * 5/2 = (1 * 5) / (4 * 2) = 5/8.
So, Sue used 5/8 yards of blue cloth to make the apron.
To find out how much cloth it took to make the apron, we need to calculate 1/4 of 2 and 1/2 yards of blue cloth. Here are the steps to do that:
Step 1: Convert the mixed number (2 1/2) into an improper fraction:
2 1/2 = 5/2
Step 2: Multiply the improper fraction by 1/4:
(5/2) x (1/4)
= 5/8
Therefore, it took 5/8 yards of blue cloth to make the apron.