mrs. escorrido, a dressmaker bought 2 1/8 meter of material to make a blouse and 2 3/4 meter of the same material to make a dress in tagaytay city public market, how much material did she buy altogether? how much more material did she use for making a dress than a blouse?
since 3/4 = 6/8,
altogether, 2 1/8 + 2 3/4 = 4 7/8
the difference is, of course, 2 3/4 - 2 1/8 = 5/8
2.125 + 2.75 = ?
2.75 - 2.125 = ?
To find out how much material Mrs. Escorrido bought altogether, we need to add the lengths of material she bought for the blouse and the dress.
First, let's add the lengths of material for the blouse and the dress separately:
For the blouse:
Mrs. Escorrido bought 2 1/8 meters of material.
For the dress:
Mrs. Escorrido bought 2 3/4 meters of material.
To add these two lengths, we need to find a common denominator. The denominator for 8 and 4 is 8, so we convert the fractions:
For the blouse:
2 1/8 meters = 16/8 + 1/8 = 17/8 meters
For the dress:
2 3/4 meters = 8/4 + 3/4 = 11/4 meters
Now, we can add the lengths together:
17/8 + 11/4 = (17 + 22)/8 = 39/8 meters
Therefore, Mrs. Escorrido bought a total of 39/8 meters of material.
To determine how much more material she used for making a dress than a blouse, we subtract the length of material for the blouse from the length of material for the dress:
Length of material used for the dress - Length of material used for the blouse
= (11/4) - (17/8)
To subtract these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The denominator for 4 and 8 is 8:
(11/4) - (17/8) = (22/8) - (17/8) = 5/8 meters
Therefore, Mrs. Escorrido used 5/8 meter more material for making a dress than a blouse.