Question

Mr. Pennington manages playgrounds for the 8 elementary schools in the Franklin School District. This year, he wants to put new sandboxes at each of the schools. He estimates that he will need 3 tons of sand for this project. How many 50-pound bags of sand should he order for each school?

Answer 1

Answer:

1200 bags per school if the 3 tons is for every school;

15 bags per school if the 3 tons is total amount.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is very vague at the part where "He estimates that he will need 3 tons of sand for this project." It doesn't explains whether the 3 tons' for 1 school or the whole thing.

Senario 1 [3 tons per school]:

First, we know that 1 ton = 2000 pounds

So, 3 ton = 3 * 2000 = 6000 pounds

This is for one school, so that means all we got to do is to divide 6000 pounds by 50 - $\frac{6000}{5}$ = 1200 bags per school

The answer is 1200 bags per school in this senario.

Senario 2 [3 tons total]:
In this case, you start out the same-

We know that 1 ton = 2000 pounds

So, 3 ton = 3 * 2000 = 6000 pounds

If this is for all school, we need to divide the 6000 pounds by 8, which is for one school - $\frac{6000}{8}$ = 750 pounds per school

Then we need to figure out how many 50 pounds bag, which we divide-

$\frac{750}{50}$ = 15 bags per school

The answer is 15 bags per school in this senario.

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