Question

Jacob has 17 yards of fabric. He uses 1 third of it to make a cape. How many yards of fabric does Jacob use for the cape? Solve on paper. Write your answer as a mixed number. 17 yards ? Jacob uses yards of fabric for the cape

Answer 1

The mixed number is 5 2 ÷ 3

Explanation:

The computation of the number of yards of fabric does Jacob use is shown below:

Given that there is 17 yards of fabric

And, it used one third of it

So the number of yards would be

= 17 ÷ 3

= 5 2 ÷ 3

Hence, The mixed number is 5 2 ÷ 3