Question

Gina has 3 yards of fabric.She needs to cut 8 pieces,each 1 foot long.Does she have enough fabric

Answer 1

Yes, she does

Explanation:

A yard is equivalent to 3 feet and there is 3 yards of fabric. Therefore there are 9 feet of fabric available and 8<9

Answer 2

yes there is enough

Explanation:

1 yard = 3 ft

We need to convert yards to ft

3 yds * 3ft/ 1yds = 9 ft

We can cut 9 1ft pieces from 3 yds