You have 10 yards of fabric. One pillow case requires 1 1/4 yards of fabric. How many pillow cases can you make?
Divide.
Is it 8
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To find out how many pillow cases you can make with 10 yards of fabric, you need to divide the total yardage by the amount of fabric required for each pillow case.
Given that one pillow case requires 1 1/4 yards of fabric, we need to convert this mixed fraction into a single fraction.
1 1/4 can be written as 5/4, since there are 4 quarters in one whole and we add 1 to that.
To divide 10 yards by 5/4 yards, you need to multiply 10 by the reciprocal of 5/4, which is 4/5.
Using the formula, the calculation is:
10 yards × (4/5 yards/1) = 40/5 = 8
Therefore, you can make 8 pillow cases with 10 yards of fabric.