Gina's craft project uses pieces of yarn that are 1/8 yard long. She has a piece of yarn that is 3yards long. How many 1/8 yards pieces can she cut and still have 1 1/4 yard left.

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Jaylin Esparza

Mathematics

9 December, 08:26

Gina's craft project uses pieces of yarn that are 1/8 yard long. She has a piece of yarn that is 3yards long. How many 1/8 yards pieces can she cut and still have 1 1/4 yard left.

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Jocelyn Fry · Answer 1

Answer:she can cut 14 pieces of 1/8 in each

Step-by-step explanation:

The total length of the piece of yarn that Gina has is 1/8 yards. Gina's craft project uses pieces of yarn that are 1/8 yard long.

If she wants to cut several 1/8 yard pieces and still have 1 1/4 yards left, it means that the length available for her to cut from would be

3 - 1 1/4 = 3 - 1.25 = 1.75 yards

Therefore, the number of 1/8 yards pieces that she can cut and still have 1 1/4 yard left would be

1.75/0.125 = 14 pieces