Question

Balena has a garden in the shape of a circle of radius 10 m.
He is going to cover the garden with grass seed to make a lawn.
Grass seed is sold in boxes.
Each box of grass seed will cover 46 m' of garden.

Balena wants to cover all the garden with grass seed.
Work out an estimate for the number of boxes of grass seed Balena needs.
Show your working out.

Answer 1

Answer:

7

Step-by-step explanation:

→ Work out area of circle

π × 10² = 100π = 314.159 (3 decimal places)

→ Divide area of circle by box area

314.159 ÷ 46 = 6.8295

→ Round answer as you can't get a decimal of a box

7