Question

Isabella purchased 14. 62 yards of fabric to make her costume. She needs to cut it into three 4. 2 yard pieces. How much fabric will she have leftover?

Answer 1

She will have a certain amount but I don’t know how much

Answer 2

There will be 3 full 4.2-yd pieces plus a 2.02-yd leftover piece.

Explanation:

Divide 14.62 yd by 4.2. Determine the remainder as a decimal fraction:

14.62 yd

------------- = 3 full 4.2 yd pieces, plus 0.5 piece left over.

4.2 yd

Note that "0.5 piece" would be 0.48(4.2) yds long, or 2.02 yds.

Then you'd have three pieces of length 4.2 yds and 1 leftover piece of length 2.02 yd.