Question

A hardware store stocks 85 reels of garden hose, each

containing 30 m of hose. How many kilometres of
garden hose are stocked by the store?

Answer 1

To find the total length of garden hose stocked by the store, multiply the number of reels by the length of hose in each reel. In this case, the hardware store stocks 2.55 kilometers of garden hose.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total length of garden hose stocked by the store, we need to multiply the number of reels by the length of hose in each reel.

There are 85 reels of garden hose and each reel contains 30 m of hose.

So, the total length of garden hose stocked by the store is:

Total length = Number of reels x Length of each reel

Total length = 85 x 30

Total length = 2550 m

To convert this length to kilometers, we need to divide it by 1000:

Total length = 2550 m ÷ 1000 = 2.55 km

Therefore, the hardware store stocks 2.55 kilometers of garden hose.

Answer 2

It's given that, the hardware store stocks 85 reels of garden hose. Each of them measure to be of 30 m.

Total length of hoses = 85 × 30

= 2550 m

= 2.550 km

= 2.5 km (approx.)

2.5 km of garden hose are stocked by the store.