Question

Gabrielle is making a quilt. She purchases a piece of material 1 1/3 yd by 4 2/3 yd.

(a) Gabrielle wants to use all the fabric to make quilt squares. What is the side length in inches of the largest square piece she can cut so that no material is left over? Show your work.

Please: NO ANSWERS - please show the idea of how it is solved ONLY

Answer 1

give me a min my internet is slow

Answer 2

Ok thats fine

Answer 3

I would first convert these to improper fractions

Answer 4

1 1/3 = 1 + 1/3 = 4/3 yards = 1.333 yards
4 2/3 = 4 + 2/3 = 14/3 yards = 4.6667 yards

Answer 5

I GOT IT!!!

Answer 6

Ugh nevermind

Answer 7

@Mendicant_Bias

Answer 8

@jenheaven

Answer 9

ok wht do u need help with

Answer 10

same problem cuz i dont fully understand it yet

Answer 11

well wht dont u understand

Answer 12

I thought the answer would be 4 2/3 divided by 1 1/3 but I got 3 1/2. I dont know what to do with that number now

Answer 13

wht bout simplify

Answer 14

ing the problem

Answer 15

3 and a half IS the answer but i dont know how its part of the square (if its the number of squares, the size of the square, or a randomnumber)

Answer 16

oh

Answer 17

???

Answer 18

help?

Answer 19

i think it's the number of squares

Answer 20

im not tht good at this type of math

Answer 21

me neither :( I hate fractions.

Answer 22

@MyaDaBoo

Answer 23

Sorry i don't know how to do this :/

Answer 24

:(