Question

You are landscaping your backyard and want to fertilize the lawn. Ace Hardware sells Milorgan lawn fertilizer in 36-lb bags, and each bag costs $7.35 (tax included). Each 36-lb bag is estimated to cover about 2,500 square feet. Your lawn is 1/4 of an acre. Note: 1 acre = 43,560 square feet a) How many bags do you need

Answer 1

To determine how many bags of Milorgan lawn fertilizer you need, we can first calculate the total square footage of your lawn.

Given that your lawn is 1/4 of an acre, we can convert it to square feet by multiplying 1/4 by 43,560:

(1/4) * 43,560 = 10,890 square feet

Now, we can divide the total square footage of your lawn by the coverage of each bag (2,500 square feet) to find the number of bags needed:

10,890 / 2,500 = 4.356

Since we can't have a fraction of a bag, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, you would need 5 bags of Milorgan lawn fertilizer.