Question

A farmer has decided to divide his land area in half in order to plant soy and corn. Calculate the area of the entire area so he knows how much soil is needed.

Each bag of soil covers 15 square yards. How many bags should the farmer purchase?

A) 1 bag

B) 4 bags

C) 3 bags

D) 2 bags

Answer 1

So first let's calculate the area of the plot

we have a parallelogram

the base is 2.5 + 6.5

what is the total base?

and the height is 6

remember area = base * height

Answer 2

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Answer 3

@AZ

Answer 4

yeah so what's the base?

what is 2.5 + 6.5 = ?

Answer 5

9

Answer 6

okay so our base is 9

and our height from the image was 6

area = base * height

area = 9 * 6

what is the area ?

Answer 7

54

Answer 8

Good so the area is 54 square yards

and we know that 1 bag of soil covers 15 square yards

so how many bags do we need to cover 54 square yards?

just divide

54 / 15 =

Answer 9

3.6

Answer 10

so how many bags would he need?

remember you have to round up

Answer 11

4

Answer 12

and that's your answer!