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?

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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If he uses 2%2F3 of his fabric, then he will use %282%2F3%29%2817%264%2F5%29 yards of fabric.

To help think this through, draw a figure representing 17%264%2F5, and then cut this into THREE equal parts, and then shade two of those parts.


The arithmetic can be done like this:
%282%2F3%29%2817%2B4%2F5%29

%282%2F3%29%2817%2A%285%2F5%29%2B4%2F5%29

%282%2F3%29%28%2817%2A5%2B4%29%2F5%29

%282%2F3%29%28%2885%2B4%29%2F5%29

%282%2F3%29%2889%2F5%29, this will not be too neat because nothing to reduce, no common factors in numerator and denominator.

%282%2A89%29%2F%283%2A15%29

178%2F45, and you probably want this as a mixed number, so how many 45's are in 178? What is the remainder?

highlight%283%2643%2F45%29

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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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?
Amount used: highlight_green%2811%2613%2F15%29 yards