Question

Can someone watch while I do this? I want to make sure I do it right.


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?

Answer 1

7 x 12 = 84, so its 84 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 6 inches high.

Answer 2

Sure

Answer 3

2.625 x 12 = 31.5 inches

Answer 4

84 x 9 x 6 = 4536 inches.

Answer 5

4536 divided by 31.5 = 144

Answer 6

So 144 bags of manure?

Answer 7

sounds right

Answer 8

Oh wait, it wants fee, right? so 144 divided by 12 is 12, so 12 bags?

Answer 9

*feet* sorry, typo.

Answer 10

oh yeah theres always those key things we miss

Answer 11

Yup you got it, you converted from ft to inch found the volume and divided it by the vol of the bag and saw how many fit within the volume. gj

Answer 12

@ganeshie8 Is this right?

Answer 13

Oh okay, thanks. :) ^-^

Answer 14

yeah

Answer 15

GJ

Answer 16

Btw the answer to your last question about the d=rt was A.

Answer 17

Oh.. okay...

Answer 18

good job it is

Answer 19

hey