There are 5 1/4 yards of a silk in a roll. If it takes 3/4 of a yard to make one designer scarf, how many scarves can be made from the roll?

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There are 5 1/4 yards of a silk in a roll. If it takes 3/4 of a yard to make one designer scarf, how many scarves can be made from the roll?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-13T18:28:24

$7$ $7$ scarves can be made out of $5 \frac{1}{4} yards of silk$ $5(1)/4" yards of silk"$ .

Explanation:

Convert both fractions into decimals for ease:

$5 \frac{1}{4} = 5.25$ $5(1)/4=5.25$
$\frac{3}{4} = 0.75$ $3/4=0.75$

Divide how much silk you have by how much you need per scarf:

$\frac{how much silk you have}{amount of silk needed per scarf} \to \frac{5.25}{0.75} = 7$ $("how much silk you have")/("amount of silk needed per scarf")->(5.25)/(0.75)=7$

(P.S. - You could also solve this using fractions and using the $K F C$ $KFC$ method (Keep Flip Change) to divide fractions. But I personally like decimals more.

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There are 5 1/4 yards of a silk in a roll. If it takes 3/4 of a yard to make one designer scarf, how many scarves can be made from the roll?

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