Question

Paul needs 2 1/4 yards of fabric to make a tablecloth. How many tablecloths can he make from 18 1/2 yards of fabric?
A.72
B.10
C.9
D.8

Answer 1

5

Answer 2

nvm its c

Answer 3

hi again diana.

Answer 4

long time no see :)

Answer 5

lol hey hsmt! help again ? i hate this worksheet!

Answer 6

lol.. some worksheets are killers arent they? sure i can help you

Answer 7

Thankkkk youuuuu!!

Answer 8

seems like hundreds of aimless problems

Answer 9

sure. lets make this a little easier to start.

Answer 10

okay

Answer 11

if i had 10 yards of fabric and i needed two yards for my tablecloth, how many tablecloths could i make from the 10 yards. :)

Answer 12

about 3 so it would be 2 because no one wants 3.3 of a table cloth

Answer 13

i think lol

Answer 14

you have 10 yards

Answer 15

lets say you have 10 soda pops and you have 2 people and you want to DIVIDE the soda pops equally among the 2 people. How many sodas would each person get?

Answer 16

5

Answer 17

i feel so dumb -.-

Answer 18

yes.. perfect. note that it is the total number of sodas divided by the number of people.. you are doing fine. :)

Answer 19

now, you have a total of 18 1/2 yds of fabric and it takes 2 1/4 yards per tablecloth. what operation would i use here (addition, multiplication, division)?

Answer 20

or you have 18 1/2 soda pops and 2 1/4 people

Answer 21

i think divison and i did what you told me on the last thing and i got like 8. something so i thought it might be 9 or 8

Answer 22

show me what you did to get 8

Answer 23

waiiiittt do you have divide with 18 and 2 so it would be 9 and something

Answer 24

close. what you do is turn the two mixed numbers into improper fractions. if you need help with this tell me and i will show you how.

Answer 25

yeah i think thats what i did
and i came up with 9/4 37/2

Answer 26

yes.. very nice :)

Answer 27

then what did you do?

Answer 28

i fliped the 37/2 with 2/37 i crossed out the 2 and for so i have 9/2 1/37

Answer 29

now, the question here is which one is the dividing fraction? it is the total, divided by the amount needed to make 1 tablecloth

Answer 30

you are close... very close

Answer 31

Good and thats where i got lost i dont know what to do anymore do i divde do i multiply?

Answer 32

ok, the total available material is 18 1/4 like the total available soda pops was 10.

Answer 33

to get the number of table cloths, you divide the total available fabric by the number of yards for one table cloth. just like you divided the 10 soda pops amongst 2 people.

Answer 34

so the dividing fraction is 9/2.

Answer 35

so 9/2 divided by 1/37?

Answer 36

not quite...

Answer 37

never mind

Answer 38

i figured that wouldnt work so what next?

Answer 39

try 37/2 divided by 9/4

Answer 40

ohhh yeaaahhh thats how i got 8 2/9 thats why i said i got that but decide to round to 9

Answer 41

the total available material divided by the amount of material required for EACH tablecloth. if you are in doubt ask question s. lots of them if necessary...:)

Answer 42

so i couldnt decide!

Answer 43

so its 9?

Answer 44

right. your worksheet is a little mean there.

Answer 45

lol thank you soo much!!

Answer 46

well, if you round 8 2/9

Answer 47

so wait is it 8 or 9

Answer 48

it would round down to 8 since 2/9 is less than 1/2

Answer 49

okay thanks

Answer 50

you are so welcome. while i am here, do you have any other questions?

Answer 51

well i ahve the question that i have been wondering for really long but i feel too dumb to ask but how is 2/9 smaller then 1/2 and 1/4 is smaller too like i dont get the fractions

Answer 52

ok... good question.

Answer 53

the answer is in equivalent fractions. for instance 1/2=2/4=3/6=4/8=9/18. hmmm... why 9/18 you say... glad you asked

Answer 54

2/9=4/18

Answer 55

i got the above equivalent fraction (same value- different numerator and denominator) by multiplying the numerator and denominator of 2/9 by 2. if i multiplied 2/9 by 3/3, then i would get an equivalent fraction of 6/27. does that make sense?

Answer 56

notice that to change 1/2 to 2/4, you can do so by multiplying 1/2 by the fraction 2/2 and multiplying numerators and denominators straight across

Answer 57

kinda i also have another question
Sasha finished mowing lawns at 4:15 PM. It took 1 3/4 h to mow the first lawn. The second and third lawns she mowed each took 1 1/5 h. She took one 45-min break. When did Sasha begin mowing the first lawn? D:

Answer 58

2/2=1, so i didnt change the value of the fraction.

Answer 59

nevermind i firgured it out the questtion not the fractions

Answer 60

let what i have said just kind of mull around in your mind. you will figure this out. for instance, the tablecloth question is asking how many 2 1/4's are there in 18 1/2?

Answer 61

division by fractions is subtle and strangely annoying... lol

Answer 62

yeah i know

Answer 63

like if you ask how many 1/2's are there in 3, it would be 3/1 divided by 1/2=6. so there are six 1/2's in 3 or six 50 cent pieces in $3.00

Answer 64

you use fractions all the time when you deal with money.. that is the frustrating part. you actually know fractions very well.

Answer 65

this is so confussing

Answer 66

i know. the rules i have given you will work for all fractions in division. sometimes word problems make it even more confusing.

Answer 67

tell me what is confusing you at this moment and i will try to clarify for u. there are no dumb questions except the ones that need answers and remain unasked.

Answer 68

im sorry but everything you just said......

Answer 69

nevermind i reread it and its kinda clear now

Answer 70

ok.. let me ask u something

Answer 71

okay

Answer 72

when you take tests, do you get really anxious?

Answer 73

and then it gets hard to think?

Answer 74

not really i do when i hit the start button but once i read all the questions i am like okay i can do this and yeah i have to think it through but this was the hardest one.

Answer 75

ok... good... glad to hear it. if you think like that, it prevents adrenaline from rushing into your body and clouding your ability to think

Answer 76

is there anything else i can help with?

Answer 77

nope

Answer 78

thanks alot for wasting your time on me (:

Answer 79

you are an sweet intelligent being. there was no waste of time here. just because everything didnt click this time, does not mean it will not click later on.. just give it some time. the mind is a funny thing. :)

Answer 80

it absorbs info at its own rate and in its own time. you'll get there.

Answer 81

:D Thanks

Answer 82

thats sweet lol

Answer 83

my pleasure..

Answer 84

you take care

Answer 85

i hope to run into you again some time.