Question

Karl wants to fertilize his 6 acres. If it takes `8 2/3` bags of fertilizer for each acre, how much fertilizer does Karl need to buy?

Answer 1

`52` bags

Explanation:

There are 6 acres. He needs `8 2/3` for each acre.

WE could say: `8 2/3 +8 2/3+ 8 2/3 +8 2/3+8 2/3+8 2/3`

and then just ad them all together.

However, multiplication is the short cut for repeated addition.

So it is quicker and easier to do

`6 xx 8 2/3`

=`cancel6^2 xx26/cancel3`

=`52` bags

Answer 2

DATA:
no. of acres=6 acres
no. of bags needed to fertilize 1 acre=8 2/3
no. of bags needed to fertilize 6 acres=?
SOLUTION:
68 2/3
626/3
156/3
52
Kari need to buy 52 bags of fertilizers to fertilize
acres