Sam stores manure for his farm in a rectangular box. The length of the box is 7 feet, width is 9 inches, and height is 6 inches. Each bag of manure he bought contains 2.625 cubic feet of manure. How many bags of manure will fill the box completely?

[1 foot = 12 inches]

Question

Sam stores manure for his farm in a rectangular box. The length of the box is 7 feet, width is 9 inches, and height is 6 inches. Each bag of manure he bought contains 2.625 cubic feet of manure. How many bags of manure will fill the box completely?

[1 foot = 12 inches]

lena772 · Answer

i guess i would first find the area which would be 378 in^2 converting that to feet would give 31.5 sqft

anonymous · Answer

keep in mind length height & width are not in one unit you need to convert them first too

lena772 · Answer

oh i totally didn't catch that part

anonymous · Answer

width = 0.75ft
height = 0.5ft
yes then you have to get the area

lena772 · Answer

7*0.5=3sqft is the area
volume is 2.625 cubed feet

lena772 · Answer

so 1 bag of manure

lena772 · Answer

how is volume ft ^2?

anonymous · Answer

ooops :P

anonymous · Answer

2.652 ft^3 my bad

lena772 · Answer

so it's 1 bag of manure then?

lena772 · Answer

this is a rectangular box

lena772 · Answer

Surface Area = 2(lh) + 2(lw) + 2(wh)
Volume = l x h x w

anonymous · Answer

oh lol okie sorry got confused :)

anonymous · Answer

yes so 1 bag of manure