Question

Farmer Bob got a new shipment of sunflower seeds from his supplier. The supplier recommends that they be planted one seed per square foot. If his field is eighty-four yards long and twenty-five yards wide, how many sunflower seeds should he plant in the field?

Answer 1

First, we need to convert the dimensions of the field from yards to feet.

84 yards x 3 feet per yard = 252 feet

25 yards x 3 feet per yard = 75 feet

Now we can calculate the total area of the field:

252 feet x 75 feet = 18,900 square feet

Since the supplier recommends one seed per square foot, Farmer Bob should plant 18,900 sunflower seeds.