Question

To stitch a shirt, 2 m 15 cm cloth is needed. Out of 40 m cloth, how many shirts can be
stitched and how much cloth will remain?​

Answer 1

Answer:

17 shirts can be stiched and 130 cm will be remaining

Step-by-step explanation

convert both into cm and then divide 4000 by 215, remainder is the remaining piece and the answer is the no of shirts

Answer 2

Answer:

18 shirts can be made and 1.3 m cloth will be left.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cloth required to stitch one shirt = 2m 15cm

Total cloth available = 40 m

No. of shirts that can be made = $\frac{Total Cloth}{Cloth for 1 shirt}$

$= \frac{40}{2.15}$

$= 18$ shirts can be made with 38.7 m cloth.

Remaining cloth = 40-38.7

= 1.3 m