SOLUTION: 5th Grade Math Benny has 17 4/5 yards of fabric. If he uses 2/3 of his fabric to make several pillows, how much fabric will he use?

Question 960345: 5th Grade Math
Benny has 17 4/5 yards of fabric. If he uses 2/3 of his fabric to make several pillows, how much fabric will he use?

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If he uses of his fabric, then he will use yards of fabric.

To help think this through, draw a figure representing , and then cut this into THREE equal parts, and then shade two of those parts.

The arithmetic can be done like this:

, this will not be too neat because nothing to reduce, no common factors in numerator and denominator.

, and you probably want this as a mixed number, so how many 45's are in 178? What is the remainder?

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5th Grade Math
Benny has 17 4/5 yards of fabric. If he uses 2/3 of his fabric to make several pillows, how much fabric will he use?

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