Question

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

Answer 1

∵ Total length of available cloth = 40 m = 4,000 cm (1 m = 100 cm)

∵ Length of cloth required to stitch a shirt = 215 cm = 200 + 15 = 215 cm

∴ The number of shirts that can be stitched from the 40-metre cloth = 4,000/215 = 18.60
As the number of shirts has to be a whole number, we consider the whole part only. That is, 18 such shirts can be stitched.

∴ Cloth required for stitching 18 shirts = 215 × 18 = 3870 cm
∴ Remaining cloth = 4,000 − 3870 = 130 cm = 1.3 m