Question

It takes 1 yard 2 feet of material to make a pillow. How much material is required to make 8

pillows?

Answer 1

1 yd 2 ft

* 8

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8 yd 16 ft

but we can reduce 16 ft

there are 3 ft in a yd

16/3 = 5 yds with 1 left over

8 yds 16 ft = 8 yds + 5yds 1 ft

13 yds 1 ft