Three girls share 8 yards of fabric equally. How many yards of fabric does each girl get?

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Sarah C
Apr 17, 2016

#2.dot6# or #2 2/3# yards

Explanation:

This question requires a bit of simple division. We have three girls that we need to share the 8 yards of fabric between so you just divide #8# by #3#.

A useful method for this is the bus stop method.

So the answer is #2.dot6#

However, you could just leave it as a fraction.
#8/3 = 2# with a remainder of #2#
So an alternative way of writing it is #2 2/3# yards each.

Hope this helps; let me know if I can do anything else:)

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