{"id":212627,"date":"2025-05-07T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=212627"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:41:04","slug":"you-are-applying-fertilizer-to-a-football-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/you-are-applying-fertilizer-to-a-football-field\/","title":{"rendered":"You are applying fertilizer to a football field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You are applying fertilizer to a football field. The field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide. You use 8 pounds of fertilizer per 1,000 square feet. The fertilizer comes in 50-pound bags. How many bags of fertilizer will you need to complete the job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer: 10 Bags<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-by-Step Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You’re tasked with fertilizing a football field<\/strong> that is 360 feet long<\/strong> and 160 feet wide<\/strong>. You are told:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The application rate is 8 pounds per 1,000 square feet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fertilizer comes in 50-pound bags<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Calculate the total area of the football field:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Area=Length\u00d7Width=360\u2009ft\u00d7160\u2009ft=57,600\u2009square feet\\text{Area} = \\text{Length} \\times \\text{Width} = 360 \\, \\text{ft} \\times 160 \\, \\text{ft} = 57,600 \\, \\text{square feet}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. Determine how many units of 1,000 square feet are in the total area:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    57,6001,000=57.6\\frac{57,600}{1,000} = 57.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This means the field consists of 57.6 units<\/strong> of 1,000 square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. Calculate the total amount of fertilizer needed (in pounds):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Since 8 pounds are needed per 1,000 square feet: 8\u00d757.6=460.8\u2009pounds of fertilizer8 \\times 57.6 = 460.8 \\, \\text{pounds of fertilizer}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    4. Determine how many 50-pound bags are required:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Each bag contains 50 pounds of fertilizer. Divide the total pounds needed by 50: 460.850=9.216\\frac{460.8}{50} = 9.216<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since you can\u2019t purchase a fraction of a bag, you must round up<\/strong> to the next whole number. \u23089.216\u2309=10\u2009bags\\lceil 9.216 \\rceil = 10 \\, \\text{bags}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Final Answer: You will need 10 bags of fertilizer.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Summary:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    This problem requires multiplication, unit rate application, and practical rounding. The football field has an area of 57,600 square feet. At 8 pounds of fertilizer per 1,000 square feet, the total fertilizer needed is 460.8 pounds. Since fertilizer is sold in 50-pound bags, divide to find the number of bags. The result (9.216) is rounded up<\/strong> to 10 bags<\/strong> to ensure complete coverage of the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    You are applying fertilizer to a football field. The field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide. You use 8 pounds of fertilizer per 1,000 square feet. The fertilizer comes in 50-pound bags. How many bags of fertilizer will you need to complete the job? The Correct Answer and Explanation is Correct Answer: 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}