Question

A piece of fabric is 1/3 yard by 3 5/8 yards. Irma solves 1/3⋅3 5/8 to find the area of the fabric in square yards. Enter numbers to complete irma's calculation for the area.

Answer 1

For this case we have:

The area of the piece of fabric is given by $A = a * b$

Where

$a = \frac{1}{3}yards$

$b = 3 \frac{5}{8}yards$

Substituting in the formula of the area we have:

$A = \frac{1}{3}* 3 \frac{5}{8}$

$A = \frac{1}{3}* (3 + \frac{5}{8})$

$A = 1 + \frac{5}{24}$

$A = 1\frac{5}{24}yards ^ 2$

Thus, the area of the piece of fabric is given by: $A = 1\frac{5}{24}yards ^ 2$

Answer:

$A = 1\frac{5}{24}yards ^ 2$

Answer 2

1/3 x 3 5/8 = (1/3 x 3) + (1/3 x 5/8)

= 3/3 + 5/24

= 29/24