First, you convert 8 yards to feet. Since there are 3 feet per yard, you do 8×3 which gets you 24 feet. Next, you convert 24 feet to inches, so you do 24×12 since there are 12 inches per foot, thus getting you 288 inches. Then, since you are figuring out how many 3 inches pieces you can get from the 8 yards(288 inches), you do 288 inches divided by 3, thus getting you 96 pieces of 3 inch fabric.
