Sarah was cutting fabric for a quilt. She cut a strip of fabric that was 19 1/8 inches long into 5 equal pieces. When she was finished cutting Sarah had a piece that was 2 1/4 inches long. How long was each piece that she cut for the quilt?
(19.125 - 2.25) / 5 = 3.375 = 3 3/8 inches
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Sarah was cutting fabric for a quilt. She cut 5 equal pieces out of a strip of fabric that was
18 5/8
inches long. When she was finished cutting, Sarah had a leftover piece that was
1 3/4
inches long. How long was each piece of fabric that she cut?
To find the length of each piece Sarah cut for the quilt, we need to start by subtracting the piece she was left with from the original length of the strip.
The original length of the strip is 19 1/8 inches.
The length of the piece she was left with is 2 1/4 inches.
To subtract these two values, we can convert the fractions to a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 8.
19 1/8 inches can be written as (19 * 8 + 1) / 8 inches = 153 / 8 inches.
2 1/4 inches can be written as (2 * 8 + 1) / 8 inches = 17 / 8 inches.
Now, we can subtract 17 / 8 inches from 153 / 8 inches:
(153 / 8) - (17 / 8) = 136 / 8 = 17 inches.
So, each piece that Sarah cut for the quilt is 17 inches long.