Question

Lucas wants to put soil in his garden shown below. If soil comes in bags that fill 2 square yards each, how many bags of soil should Lucas buy? Hint: you may have some leftover soil.

The garden is 5/2 yards by 3/2 yards

Answer 1

Lucas need 2 bags of soil and there will be some leftovers .

Explanation:

Area of the garden = (5/2) (3/2)

= 15/4 square yards

Each bag can cover 2 square yards

No. of bags needed = (15/4) /2

= 15/8

We can say that Lucas need 2 bags of soil and there will be some leftovers .