Jan uses 7/8 yard of fabric for one quilt square 1/7 yard in another. How much fabric has Jan used
To find out how much fabric Jan has used, we need to add together the amounts of fabric used for one quilt square and for another quilt square.
Given:
- Jan uses 7/8 yard of fabric for one quilt square.
- Jan uses 1/7 yard of fabric for another quilt square.
To add these two amounts together, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of 8 and 7 is 56, so we can convert the fractions with denominators of 8 and 7 into equivalent fractions with a denominator of 56.
For the first quilt square:
7/8 yard = (7/8) * (7/7) = 49/56 yard
For the second quilt square:
1/7 yard = (1/7) * (8/8) = 8/56 yard
Now, we can add the two fractions together:
49/56 yard + 8/56 yard = (49 + 8) / 56 yard = 57/56 yard
The total amount of fabric used by Jan is 57/56 yard.