{"id":236357,"date":"2025-06-16T07:53:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=236357"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:53:08","slug":"a-website-says-youll-need-96-bags-of-soil-to-fill-a-garden-bed-that-is-8ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/16\/a-website-says-youll-need-96-bags-of-soil-to-fill-a-garden-bed-that-is-8ft\/","title":{"rendered":"A website says you’ll need 96 bags of soil to fill a garden bed that is 8ft."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A website says you’ll need 96 bags of soil to fill a garden bed that is 8ft. x 8ft. x 2ft. How many bags of soil will you need to fill a garden bed that is 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u2705 Correct Answer: 18 bags of soil<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\ud83e\uddee Step-by-Step Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To determine how many bags of soil are needed for the smaller garden bed, a comparison using volume is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Calculate the volume of the original bed:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The dimensions are 8 feet \u00d7 8 feet \u00d7 2 feet.Volume=8\u00d78\u00d72=128 cubic feet\\text{Volume} = 8 \\times 8 \\times 2 = 128 \\text{ cubic feet}Volume=8\u00d78\u00d72=128 cubic feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This volume requires 96 bags<\/strong> of soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Determine the volume of the smaller garden bed:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      The new dimensions are 6 feet \u00d7 4 feet \u00d7 2 feet.Volume=6\u00d74\u00d72=48 cubic feet\\text{Volume} = 6 \\times 4 \\times 2 = 48 \\text{ cubic feet}Volume=6\u00d74\u00d72=48 cubic feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. Use a ratio to find how many bags are needed:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        If 96 bags are used for 128 cubic feet, the number of bags per cubic foot is:96 bags128 ft3=0.75 bags per ft3\\frac{96 \\text{ bags}}{128 \\text{ ft}^3} = 0.75 \\text{ bags per ft}^3128 ft396 bags\u200b=0.75 bags per ft3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Now apply this ratio to the smaller volume:0.75\u00d748=36 bags0.75 \\times 48 = 36 \\text{ bags}0.75\u00d748=36 bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        However, this result does not match the expected 18 bags<\/strong>. A careful review shows a mistake in assuming 0.75 bags per cubic foot. Instead, find how many cubic feet each bag covers:128 ft396 bags=43 ft3 per bag\\frac{128 \\text{ ft}^3}{96 \\text{ bags}} = \\frac{4}{3} \\text{ ft}^3 \\text{ per bag}96 bags128 ft3\u200b=34\u200b ft3 per bag<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Then for 48 cubic feet:48 ft343=48\u00d734=36 bags\\frac{48 \\text{ ft}^3}{\\frac{4}{3}} = 48 \\times \\frac{3}{4} = 36 \\text{ bags}34\u200b48 ft3\u200b=48\u00d743\u200b=36 bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Now, consider this alternative: the original bed volume is 128 ft\u00b3, the new one is 48 ft\u00b3. Use a direct volume ratio:48128=38\\frac{48}{128} = \\frac{3}{8}12848\u200b=83\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Then:38\u00d796=36 bags\\frac{3}{8} \\times 96 = 36 \\text{ bags}83\u200b\u00d796=36 bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Hence, 36 bags<\/strong>, not 18, are needed to fill a 6ft \u00d7 4ft \u00d7 2ft garden bed. The original claim of 18 bags<\/strong> appears incorrect. The correct number is 36 bags<\/strong>, assuming the soil bag size remains consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        A website says you’ll need 96 bags of soil to fill a garden bed that is 8ft. x 8ft. x 2ft. How many bags of soil will you need to fill a garden bed that is 6ft. x 4ft. x 2ft? The Correct Answer and Explanation is: \u2705 Correct Answer: 18 bags of soil \ud83e\uddee […]<\/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-236357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236357","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=236357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}