Question

In preparation for a storm, the town council buys 13,350 pounds of sand to fill sandbags. volunteers are trying to decide whether to fill bags that can hold 25 pounds of sand or bags that can hold 50 pounds of sand. will they have more or fewer sandbags if they fill the 25−pound bags? how many more or fewer? explain your reasoning. there will be (select) bags because the whole amount is divided into smaller amounts. they will have (select) as many bags since 25 is half of 50.

Answer 1

If they fill the 25-pound bags, they will have more sandbags, with 267 more bags.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the number of sandbags that can be filled, we need to divide the total weight of sand by the weight capacity of each bag.

If the bags can hold 25 pounds of sand, the number of bags can be calculated by dividing 13,350 by 25. This gives us 534 bags.

If the bags can hold 50 pounds of sand, the number of bags can be calculated by dividing 13,350 by 50. This gives us 267 bags.

Therefore, if they fill the 25-pound bags, they will have more sandbags, with 534-267=267 more bags.