You want to cut bookmarks that are #6# inches long and #2 3/8# inches wide from a sheet of 8 decorative paper that is 13 inches long and 6 inches wide. What is the maximum number of bookmarks that you can cut from the paper?

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SCooke
Apr 15, 2018

Compare the two lengths against the paper. The maximum possible is five (5) per sheet.

Explanation:

Cutting the short ends from the short end only permits 4 full bookmarks:
#6/(19/8) = 2.53# and #13/6 = 2.2# Whole bookmarks possible = #2xx2 = 4#

Cutting the short ends from the long edge also conveniently makes the long bookmark edge exactly the length of the stock paper.
#13/(19/8) = 5.47# ; #6/6 = 1# Whole bookmarks possible = #5xx1 = 5#

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