Rabbit Costumes PT

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3 questions
This performance task gives you the chance to use division with fractions.
Gail is making costumes for a school play.

Each rabbit costume needs one and one half yards of white fur fabric, a yard of blue striped fabric, and a quarter of a yard of pink felt for the ears.
3
Gail needs to make eight rabbit costumes. How much material does she need?

white fur fabric: _______ yards
blue striped fabric: _______ yards
pink felt: _______ yards
1

Gail has ten yards of white fur fabric, seven yards of blue striped fabric, and one and three quarter yards of pink felt. How many rabbit costumes can Gail make?

4

What type of fabric does Gail use up first? Explain how you figured this out.