Question

The cloth required to stitch a shirt is 1 m 60 cm. How many shirts can a tailor stitch using 40m of cloth and how much cloth will be left?

• A. 23, 0.4 meters
• B. 22 , 0.6 meters
• C. 25, 0.0 meters
• D. 24 , 0.4 meters

Answer 1

The correct option is C 25, 0.0 meters

Given
Cloth required for one shirt = 1m 60 cm
= 1.6m ($\because$ 1m = 100cm)
Total cloth available = 40 m
Number of shirts that can be stitched
$=\frac{\text{Total cloth}}{\text{Cloth required for one shirt}}$
$=\frac{40}{1.6}=\frac{400}{16}=25$
Since, there is no remainder, there are no extra cloth left out.