Question

Can someone help me with this question.
A plumber's assistant's rate of pay is $0.75 per cubic foot of earth moved. He moves 220 cubic feet of earth to dig a trench. He moves the same amount to fill the trench. What is his pay for this job?

$ ____

Answer 1

how much dirt did he move in total?

Answer 2

220 cubic feet

Answer 3

220x0.75

Answer 4

165 he got paid for the whole job

Answer 5

well, he moved it once to dig it, and he moved the same amount again to fill it in.

so he moved 220 x 2.

But once you get that, you are right, you multiply by the price per cubic foot.

Answer 6

220x2=440
440x0.75=330

Answer 7

so he got paid 330

Answer 8

Looks good...

Answer 9

thank you

Answer 10

but it says find the volume????

Answer 11

I thought it said:

"What is his pay for this job?"

$______

Answer 12

Find the volume and solve the application. what's this means

Answer 13

Not sure... What I see is that in order to find how much he gets paid (maybe that's the application??), first you have to find total volume moved.

So:

Total volume = 2 x "dirt dug from ditch" = 2 x 220 = 440

Pay for job = 0.75 x total volume = 0.75 x 440 = $330

Answer 14

ok that's make sense

Answer 15

I think this is one of those where you can do the math, but the way they word the problem is confusing.