Question
Reggie is making doll clothes for his little sister. He has 3 yards of fabric. If each dress uses 3/8 yard of fabric, how many dresses can he make?(1 point)
____ dresses
To find out how many dresses Reggie can make, we can divide the total amount of fabric he has (3 yards) by the amount of fabric each dress uses (3/8 yard).
Dividing 3 by 3/8, we can rewrite the fraction as a division problem by multiplying the numerator (3) by the reciprocal of the denominator (8/3).
3 * (8/3) = 24/3 = 8
Therefore, Reggie can make 8 dresses with the 3 yards of fabric.