Question

A tailoring shop determines that for certain dress sizes it must use 4 3/8yd of fabric that is 45 in wide. To make the same dress with fabric that is 60 in wide, it needs 3 1/4 yd. convert 4 3/8 and 3 1/4 to fraction notion.

Answer 1

4 3/8 = (4*8 + 3) / 8 = 35/8

3 1/4 = (4*3 + 1) / 4 = 13/4