Jude had 38/3metres of a material. He used 15/4 to make a shirt. How much of the material is left

Answer 1

To find out how much of the material Jude has left, we need to subtract the amount he used to make the shirt from the total amount of material he had:

38/3 - 15/4

To subtract these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The smallest number that both 3 and 4 divide into is 12, so we can rewrite the fractions with a denominator of 12:

38/3 = (38/3) x (4/4) = 152/12
15/4 = (15/4) x (3/3) = 45/12

Now we can subtract:

152/12 - 45/12 = 107/12

So, Jude has 107/12 metres of material left. We can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor (which is 1 in this case):

107/12 ÷ 1/1 = 107/12 (Answer)

Therefore, Jude has 8 11/12 metres (or 8.92 metres) of material left.