Question

You work for a landscaper that has a customer needing to seed an area of land 80 feet by 40 feet in size. The garden center

has 5-pound bags of grass seed. Each bag of seed costs $3.00 and can cover 25 square yards of land.
To determine the cost of materials, you multiply 80 x 40 = 3200, divide by 9 = 355.55 and then multiply by 3. The cost of
materials will be $1067. Is this correct?

Answer 1

No. The area is correct, 3200, but then you have to divide by 25 to get how many bags you need. Then multiply by 3. You then get 384. That’s a lot cheaper than 1067!!