A landscaper uses 1225 pounds of soil to complete a project. The soil comes in bags that weigh 40 pounds each.

How many bags of soil does the landscaper use to complete the project?

Responses

30
30

3058
30 and 5 over 8

3218
32 and 1 over 8

3515
35 and 1 over 5

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
8 months ago

To find the number of bags of soil the landscaper uses, we need to divide the total weight of soil by the weight of each bag.

1225 pounds รท 40 pounds/bag = 30.625 bags

Since the number of bags should be a whole number, the landscaper uses 30 bags of soil to complete the project.