How many bags needed

Question

I am doing a concrete project. I normally use 32 bags at 60lbs each. I have new product that is 50lbs each bag. The old product took 2:1 to this new product. How many bags do I need of the new product....

Answer 1

Chuck, if I am reading this right, you normally use 32 x 60 pounds, which is 1920 pounds.

 

And you would have used 2x as much of that product as you need of the new product, which means you just need 960 pounds of the new product.

 

The new product comes in 50 pound bags, so you need

 

960 divided by 50 as your number of bags.

 

960 / 50 = 19.2 bags, which in practical terms means you need to buy 20 bags.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Matt in NY