Question

sharon is building a rectangular patio the patio will be 18 bricks wide and 29 bricks long.she has 500 bricks. does she have enough bricks to build the patio explain show your work

Answer 1

Since this is area you'll simply just do 18 x 29 which equals 522 and compare it to the amount of bricks she currently has. In this case, no, Sharon does not have enough bricks as she is 22 bricks short.