Question

Jessica has 1 2/3 yards of fabric. She uses 2/5 of the fabric to make a pillow. how much fabric did it take to make the pillow? write a number sequence for the following problem

Answer 1

(2/5) * (5/3) = 10/15 = 1/3 yard

Answer 2

arithmetic check at last step...

Answer 3

Thanks, Scott.

Of course, 10/15 = 2/3