Sheila had 8 yards of fabric. she used 2 1/4 yards to make a dress. how much fabric does she have left?

If Sheila started with 8 yards of fabric and used 2 1/4 yards, she will have the difference of these two values remaining. Subtract 2 1/4 from 8.

Convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction. (Multiply its denominator by the whole number and replace the numerator with this new number.)

2 1/4 = 9/4

We now have:

8/1 - 9/4

Multiply 8/1 by 4/4 to get common denominators.

8/1 × 4/4 = 32/4

Now subtract.

32/4 - 9/4 = 23/4 = 5.75

Alternatively, we could have converted the fraction 2 1/4 to decimal form and subtracted it from 8.

2 1/4 = 2.25

8 - 2.25 = 5.75

Sheila has 5.75 yards of fabric left.

Step 1 ) Create equation.

Step 2 ) Convert mixed number into improper fraction.

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Step 3 ) Convert whole number to fraction.

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Step 4 ) Create new equation.

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Step 5 ) Re-write equation so that each have common denominators.

Step 6 ) Subtract the numerators.

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Bonus Step ) Convert to mixed fraction.

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The answer is now in simplest form, this means the final amount of fabric left is..

or it could also be...

Both are correct, the only difference is that one is in the simplest form.

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- Marlon Nunez

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