Question

A farmer owns a field with an area of 0.037 km2. The farmer buys another field with an area of 9600 m2. What is the total area of the fields he now owns in km2?

Answer 1

The total area of the two fields combined is 0.0466 km² after converting the second field's area from 9600 m² to km² by dividing by 1,000,000 and adding it to the first field's area.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks about finding the total area of two fields owned by a farmer, where the area is provided in different units: square kilometers and square meters. To combine the areas, we need to convert one of the measurements so that both are in the same unit of measure.

First, we know that:

• 1 km2 = 1,000,000 m2

So, to convert the area of the second field from m2 to km2, we divide by 1,000,000:

9600 m2 ÷ 1,000,000 = 0.0096 km2

Now, we add the area of the two fields:

0.037 km2 (first field) + 0.0096 km2 (second field) = 0.0466 km2

The total area of the fields the farmer now owns is 0.0466 km2.