Q: Ann is cutting fabric to make curtains. She cuts a 4 foot by 6 foot rectangle for the living room, and a 2 foot by 4 foot rectangle for the bedroom. If the bolt of fabric is 16 feet by 12 feet, how much fabric is left in square feet?
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A: First figure out how many square feet the original bolt of fabric was: 16 feet * 12 feet = <<16*12=192>>192 square feet
Then figure out how much fabric Ann took for the living room curtains: 4 feet * 6 feet = <<4*6=24>>24 square feet
Then figure out how much fabric Ann took for the bathroom curtains: 2 feet * 4 feet = <<2*4=8>>8 square feet
Finally, subtract the square footage of both sets of curtains from the total square footage: 192 - 24 - 8 = <<192-24-8=160>>160 square feet The answer is  160.
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