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Question

Rebecca needs 10 1/2 yards of fabric to make a quilt. She has one piece of fabric that is 2 1/2 yards and another piece of fabric that is 4 1/2 yards. How many more yards of fabric does Rebecca need to make the quilt?

F. 4 1/2

G. 3 1/4

H. 3 3/4

J 6 3/4

Answer 1

So, we need 10 1/2 yards of fabric, and we have 2 1/2 + 4 1/2 years of fabric. We can subtract what we have from what we need, to find how much more we are missing.

First, let's convert these numbers into proper fractions.

10 1/2 = 20/2 + 1/2 = 21/2

2 1/2 = 4/2 + 1/2 = 5/2

4 1/2 = 8/2 + 1/2 = 9/2

So the equation we need to solve is,

21/2 - 5/2 - 9/2 =

Subtracting, we find

21/2 - 5/2 - 9/2 = 7/2

Now we can convert back to an improper fraction,

7/2 = 6/2 + 1/2 = 3 1/2

So we need 3 1/2 more yards of fabric.