When buying mulch for your lawn, you find that it is ordered in square yards. You have the area measurements of your lawn in square feet, which you found by multiplying the length of your yard (in feet) times the width (in feet).

Demonstrate with an example by first giving the length and width of a yard in feet. Since lawns may not have exact whole-number length and width measurements, you must provide an example where the length or width contains a fractional amount. help please.

Question

When buying mulch for your lawn, you find that it is ordered in square yards. You have the area measurements of your lawn in square feet, which you found by multiplying the length of your yard (in feet) times the width (in feet).

Demonstrate with an example by first giving the length and width of a yard in feet.  Since lawns may not have exact whole-number length and width measurements, you must provide an example where the length or width contains a fractional amount. help please.

anonymous · Answer

Choose a whole number with a fraction then just multiply that the whole numbers together then multiply the fractions straight across

anonymous · Answer

Assume your lawn is 21.5 feet x 15.3 feet
area = 21.5 feet x 15.3 feet = 329 square feet
1 square yd = 9 sq ft
area = 329 / 9 = 36.6 square yards

Order 37 square yards to have enough.