Question

Three pounds of lawn seed covers 1800 square feet how many 4 pound bags are needed to cover 8400 square feet.

Answer 1

You need to find the unit rate of 3 : 1800 first by dividing 1800 and 3

1800 ÷ 3 = 600

So this means for every 1 pound bag it covers 600 square feet. You now need to multiply 600 and 4 to see how many square feet 4 pounds cover.

600 × 4 = 2400

So each 4 pounds covers 2400 sq ft. Now you have to divide 8400 and 2400 to find how many bags of 4 pounds you need

8400 ÷ 2400= 3.5

You need 3.5 bags of 4 pounds.
Technically you would need 4 bags because you’d have to round it up.

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