Louisa wants to make her cat a t-shirt to wear. She picks out the perfect fabric at the fabric store. The piece of fabric is 4/5 yards in length, but she only wants 1/3 of this length. How long of a piece should she ask the sales attendant to cut for her?

Answer 1

To find out how long of a piece Louisa wants, we need to calculate \( \frac{1}{3} \) of \( \frac{4}{5} \) yards. We can do this by multiplying the two fractions:

\[ \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{4}{5} = \frac{1 \times 4}{3 \times 5} = \frac{4}{15} \]

Therefore, Louisa should ask the sales attendant to cut \( \frac{4}{15} \) yards of fabric for her cat's t-shirt.