Jeri has 23 yard of fabric to use for making some puppets. She needs 16 yard for each puppet. How many puppets can Jeri make with her fabric?

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Answer 1

To determine how many puppets Jeri can make, you divide the total amount of fabric she has by the amount of fabric needed for each puppet.

Jeri has 23 yards of fabric and needs 16 yards for each puppet:

$$\text{Number of puppets}=\frac{\text{Total fabric}}{\text{Fabric per puppet}}=\frac{23\text{ yards}}{16\text{ yards per puppet}}\approx 1.4375$$

Since Jeri cannot make a fraction of a puppet, she can make 1 puppet.

Therefore, Jeri can make 1 puppet with her fabric.