Question

200 grams of fertilizer are used for each tree in an orchard containing 1200 trees. at $2.75 per kilogram of fertilizer, how much does it cost to fertilize the orchard ?

Answer 1

To determine the cost to fertilize the trees, you need to figure out how many kilograms of fertilizer are needed. With the information given, you can determine The number of grams needed to fertilize 1200 trees. To do this you would multiply 200 times 1200. This equals 240,000 grams. To convert this to kilograms, divide 240000g by 1000 g. Every group of 1000 g is 1 kg. The answer is 240 kilograms. Multiply 240 kg by the price of $2.75 per kilogram to get $660 as the cost.