Question

paul needs 2/14 yards of fabric to make a tablecloth. How many tablecloths can he make from 18 1/2 yards of fabric

Answer 1

First, we can make 18 1/2 into an improper fraction: 37/2

Then, to find how many tablecloths he can make, just do:

(37/2)/(2/14) = (37/2) * (14/2) = 259/2 = 129.5, or 129 whole tablecloths.