patty bought 24 yards of fencing to put around her garden. she only used 20 yards. how many feet of fencing did she have left over?

Answer 1

Is that the entire question?

24 - 20 = ?

Answer 2

24-20 gives the number of yards remaining. Then multiply this by 3 because there are three feet in a yard. This results in 12 feet.

Answer 3

I subtracted wrong. Thank you.