If Cassidy wants to cut yellow fabric that is 12.8 yards into strips that are 0.3 yards wide. How many strips of yellow fabric can Cassidy make? To get this answer, would you divide, 12.8 yards divided by 0.3 yards wide to get the answer.
You're correct.
To find out how many strips of yellow fabric Cassidy can make, you need to divide the total length of the fabric by the width of each strip. So, you would divide 12.8 yards by 0.3 yards.
Dividing 12.8 yards by 0.3 yards gives us:
12.8 / 0.3 = 42.66667
Since you can't have a fractional number of fabric strips, Cassidy can make 42 strips of yellow fabric, with some fabric leftover.
So, the answer is Cassidy can make 42 strips of yellow fabric.
To determine the number of strips Cassidy can make from a piece of fabric, you indeed need to divide the length of the fabric by the width of each strip.
So, for this case, you would divide 12.8 yards by 0.3 yards. Let's perform the calculation:
12.8 yards ÷ 0.3 yards = 42.6 strips
Hence, Cassidy can make approximately 42.6 strips of yellow fabric using a piece that is 12.8 yards long and 0.3 yards wide. Since you can't have a fraction of a strip, Cassidy would be able to make 42 complete strips.