Question

concrete driveway volume: A person is laying concrete for a driveway. the driveway is to be 15 feet long by 10 feet wide by 6 inches deep:
A) find the volume of concrete needed in cubic feet
b) if 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feat, how many cubic yards of concrete are needed?
c) if the concrete costs $35 per cubic yard, what is the cost of concrete? concrete must be purchased in whole cubic yards

Answer 1

Volume=l*w*h

Answer 2

What do you think is the answer to A?

Answer 3

i get 900

Answer 4

Yeah

Answer 5

Since yards are longer than feet, you multiply. Feet is smaller than years, you divide. Converting from feet to yard is dividing by 27 (1cubic yard equals to 27 cubic feet). What is answer to part B?

Answer 6

Years --> yards

Answer 7

33.33333333