Gavin and his sister are sewing pants and shirts to wear during the summer. They need 1 1/2
yards of material for each shirt and 3 3/8
yards for each pair of pants. If they are making 6 shirts and 8 pairs of pants, how much material did they need for all of the shirts and pants?
Each shirt requires 1 1/2 yards of material, so 6 shirts require 6 * 1 1/2 = <<6*1+1/2=9>>9 yards of material.
Each pair of pants requires 3 3/8 yards of material, so 8 pairs of pants require 8 * 3 3/8 = <<8*3+3/8=28>>28 yards of material.
Therefore, they needed a total of 9 + 28 = <<9+28=37>>37 yards of material for all of the shirts and pants. Answer: \boxed{37}.
can you put it in a fraction?
Yes, we can put the total amount of material needed for all of the shirts and pants in fraction form.
They needed a total of 37 yards of material. To express this as a fraction, we can write it as 37/1, since there is 1 whole unit (yard) in each fraction.
So, the total amount of material needed for all the shirts and pants is 37/1 yards.