Question

J.T. Fields planted 550 acres of corn. He planted 32,000 kernels per acre of the 80,000 kernel bag ofseed corn. He has a population of 28,000 plants per acre.a. How many bags of seed corn did he purchase?b. What was his total population on the 550 acres?C. What was the germination of his seed corn?

Answer 1

550 acres of corn

32,000 kernels per acre

80,000 kernel bag

28,000 plant per acre

a .

First, calculate the number of kernels. Multiply the number of acres by the number of kernels planted

550 x 32,000 = 17,600,000 kernels

Divide the total number of kernels by the kernels per bag (80,000)

17,600,000 / 80,000 = 220 bags

b. multiply the number of acres by the number of plants per acre

550 x 28,000 = 15,400,000 plants