Gardening problem – How many cubic feet of topsoil should Mrs. Smith order if she wants to cover a rectangular?

Nicole: Gardening problem – How many cubic feet of topsoil should Mrs. Smith order if she wants to cover a rectangular?
1. Gardening problem – How many cubic feet of topsoil should Mrs. Smith order if she wants to cover a rectangular area of his lawn that measures 10 ft x 5 ft to a depth of 4 in.?

2. Jackie goes to the store to buy some meat. The meat costs $ 6.260/kg. How many grams of meat could she buy for $ 10?

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Answer by Tyler
1. i’m going to convert everything to inches first. it’d be easier to keep it all in feet but i don’t like it.
120in * 60in * 4in = 28,800 cubed inches.
28,800/12 = 2,400 cubic feet

#2 1,000 g = 1 kg
10.00/6.26 = 1.597kg this is how much she can buy in kilograms.
to convert to grams, simply multiply by 1,000
Jackie can buy 1,597 grams of meat