Mineko has a piece of material that is 3/5 yard long. She used 1/3 of the material to make a pillow. How much did she use to make the pillow?

Question

Mineko has a piece of material that is 3/5 yard long. She used 1/3 of the material to make a pillow.  How much did she use to make the pillow?

Answer 1

Hello Donnella.

 

Before I show you how to answer this question, I want to point out some of the words in the question and how they translate into a mathematical equation.

 

"She used 1/3 of the material."

 

This means you multiply whatever you are starting with by 1/3.

 

So in this case Mineko begins with 3/5 yd.

 

So,

3/5 • 1/3 = 1/5

 

She used 1/5 yard to make the pillow.

She has 2/5 yard left.