Question

Alex stores fertilizer for his farm in a rectangular box. The length of the box is 6 feet, width is 3 inches, and height is 9 inches. Each bag of fertilizer contains 0.225 cubic foot of fertilizer. How many bags of fertilizer will fill the box completely?
[1 foot = 12 inches]
Numerical answers expected!

Answer 1

This is doable, first what is the volume of the box?
When you have that you need to be careful as it will be in cubic inches and the bags come in cubic foot. Need to change one to continue

Answer 2

Volume of rectangular box?

Answer 3

The volume of the box is 162

Answer 4

162 what? 162 pony tails?

Answer 5

lol. No 162 feet?

Answer 6

Wait a sec. 162 is totally wrong!

Answer 7

Write down the parameters of the box
Height
Width
Length

Answer 8

My lesson says to calculate the volume you go length x width x height.
Height 9ft
Width 3ft
Length 6ft

Answer 9

Height 9ft
Width 3ft
Length 6ft
Are you sure?

Answer 10

Yes, if you read the statement and the question it says "The length of the box is 6 feet, width is 3 inches, and height is 9 inches."

Answer 11

Are we reading the same thing?

Answer 12

"The length of the box is 6 FEET, width is 3 INCHES, and height is 9 INCHES."

Answer 13

Oh my bad! I got this.
Length - 6ft
Width - 0.1ft ???
Height - 0.3ft ???

Answer 14

1 foot =12 inches
1/12 foot=1inch

So
3inches=1/12 *3=1/4foot
9inchees=1/12 *9=3/4foot

Answer 15

So the volume is
6foot*1/4foot*3/4foot=18/16=9/8=1.125 cubic foot

Answer 16

So I am wrong? If I am doing this correctly (which I'm probably not) Then the width will be 0.25 and the height is 0.75 ?? I am sorry :/ I am really bad at Algebra.

Answer 17

What is the solution?

Answer 18

You will multiply all three so... 6ft * 0.25ft * 0.75ft = 1.125

Answer 19

Then divide that by 0.225....
1.125 / 0.225 = 5

Answer 20

@Andras

Answer 21

Yes that is correct