Question

A dress maker had 27 yards of fabric. If she wanted to use the fabric to make 5 dresses, each using the same amount of fabric, how much fabric could be used for each dress? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

Answer 1

Answer:

5.4 yards of fabric can be used to make one dress.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Amount of fabric available = 27 yards

Number of dresses to be made = 5

Amount of fabric required  make each dress =

$=\displaystyle\frac{\text{Amount of fabric}}{\text{Number of dresse}}\\\\=\frac{27}{5}\\\\=5.4$

Thus, 5.4 yards of fabric can be used to make one dress.

The answer lies between the whole number 5 and 6.

$5 < 5.4<6$