Question

Allison buys a spool of thread for sewing. There are 7 yards of thread on the spool. She uses 1.5 meters. How much thread is left on the spool in meters? Round your answer to the nearest thousandth, if necessary.

Answer 1

First, we need to convert 7 yards to meters

Since 1 yd is equal to 0.9144 m, then:

`7\cdot0.9144m=6.4008m`

From this total, Allison used 1.5m, then we rest:

`6.4008m-1.5m=4.9008m`

The answer, rounded up to the thousandth is 4.901 m