Ryan is making a quilt. He has 9.86 m of quilt batting that he needs to divide into 6 equal pieces. The quilt batting costs $2.64 per metre. How much does each piece cost?

Answer 1

9.86/6 = 1.64333... meters per piece

at $2.64 per meter

cost per meter = 2.64(9.86)/6 = .46(9.86) = $4.5356=

just about $4.54 per piece