How many yards can be covered?

Question

The average size of a front yard in a new subdivision is 18 feet by 36 feet.  A sod truck shows up carrying 500 pieces of sod.  Each piece of sod was one square yard.  How many complete front yards could be covered with the sod on the truck?

Answer 1

18 ft. by 36 ft.

 

we convert these measurements to yards:

 

18/3 = 6 yards

36/3 = 12 yards

 

area of yard:

 

6 * 12 = 72 yd²

 

500 yd²/ 72 yd² ≈ 6.94

 

since we need the number of complete yards covered, the answer is 6 yards.