Question

6.A Clothing pattern requires 2 3/8 yards of fabric for the shirt and 3 1/4 yards of fabric for the matching jacket how much fabric is needed for the total project?

Answer 1

5 5/8 yards of fabric

1) Considering that the whole project consists of shirt and jacket

2 3/8 + 3 1/4

2) Let's convert those mixed numbers into improper fractions

$\begin{gathered} 2\frac{3}{8}=\frac{8\cdot2+3}{8}=\frac{16+3}{8}=\frac{19}{8} \\ 3\frac{1}{4}=\frac{4\cdot3+1}{4}=\frac{13}{4} \end{gathered}$

Now we can add them:

$\frac{19}{8}+\frac{13}{4}=\frac{45}{8}$

3) Finally, let's turn back to mixed number, dividing 45 by 8:

So, the amount of fabric needed is 5 5/8 for that project