Question

A farmer needs to water a new potato field. To do so, he builds an irrigation system using 124 plastic pipes and 97 metal pipes. How many pipes does he use?

Answer 1

To find out how many pipes the farmer used in total, we simply add the number of plastic pipes to the number of metal pipes:

Total pipes = Plastic pipes + Metal pipes

Total pipes = 124 + 97

Total pipes = 221

Therefore, the farmer used a total of 221 pipes for the irrigation system.

Answer 2

The farmer uses 221 pipes in total: 124 plastic pipes and 97 metal pipes.