Jim's backyard is a rectangle that is \(15 \frac{5}{6}\) yards long and \(10 \frac{2}{5}\) yards wide. Jim buys sod in pieces that are \(1 \frac{1}{3}\) yards long and \(1 \frac{1}{3}\) yards wide. How many pieces of sod will Jim need to buy to cover his backyard with sod?
Answer (2)
the are of his backyard is 10.4 times 15.83 or 164.632 yd^2 the sod piecs are 1.33 by 1.33 or 1.78 yd^2 so divide 164.632 by 1.78 or 164.632/1.78=92.5 pieces of sod if he is buying the sod in pieces, he will have to buy 93 pieces because he can't buy 1/2 sod
Jim's backyard area is 16.47 square yards, and each piece of sod covers approximately 1.78 square yards. Therefore, he'll need to buy 10 pieces of sod to cover the entire area. He must round up from 9.26 to the nearest whole number since he can't purchase part of a piece.
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