Question

Lisa makes clothes for pets.
She needs 5\6 yard of fabric to make 1 dog coat.
How much fabric does she need to make
3 dog coats?

a. What do you need to find? ___________________________

b. What information do you need? ________________________________

c. Show the steps you use to solve the problem.






d. Complete the sentence.

Lisa needs ___ yards of fabric to make 3 dog coats.

Answer 1

a. You need to find the number of yards of fabric that Lisa needs to make 3 dog coats.

b. The information you need is the amount of dog coats Lisa wants to make, and the number of yards of fabric it takes to make 1 dog coat.

c. Adding and simplifying:

5/6 + 5/6 + 5/6

15/6

2 3/6

2 1/2 yards

d. Lisa needs 2 1/2 yards of fabric to make 3 dog coats.

Hope this helps!! :)