I posted this a little while ago, but didn't see it. Sorry if it post twice.
Each fire hose is 25 yards long. The fire station needs enough fire hoses to reach and fire hydrant to the farthest house, which could be up to 230 feet away. What is the minimum number of hoses that the fire station needs?
Divide and use the next number up.
230/25 = ??
Since you normally wouldn't have 2/10ths of a hose, you'll have to add 1 (whole number) to the whole number in the answer.
Clear?
Since there are 3 feet in a yard, each 25-yard hose is 75 feet long.
Now divide 230 feet by 75. It comes out to just over 3. Since 3 hoses isn't enough, we'll need to round up to the nearest whole number.
But it is 25 yards & 230 feet. I'm not sure I understand.
Oh, sorry -- I didn't read the problem carefully. Please follow Ms. Sue's directions.
That makes sense, thank you to everyone for your help.
To determine the minimum number of hoses the fire station needs, we first need to convert the distance from feet to yards, since the length of each fire hose is given in yards.
1 yard is equal to 3 feet, so we can calculate the distance in yards by dividing the given distance of 230 feet by 3:
230 feet ÷ 3 feet/yard = 76.67 yards
Since we cannot have fractional hoses, we need to round up to the nearest whole number.
Rounding up 76.67 to the nearest whole number gives us 77.
Therefore, the minimum number of hoses the fire station needs is 77 hoses.