Clara has a garden that is 7 feet wide and 4 feet long. She has 30 tomatoe plants to put in the garden. Each plants needs 1 foot of space. How many plants will Clara have
7 * 4 = 28 ft^2
Each plant requires 1 ft^2.
What does that tell you?
What’s the answer
To find out how many tomato plants Clara can have in her garden, we need to calculate the area of the garden and divide it by the space required for each plant.
The area of a rectangle (such as Clara's garden) can be found by multiplying the length by the width. In this case, the length is 4 feet and the width is 7 feet, so the area of her garden is:
Area = length × width = 4 feet × 7 feet = 28 square feet
Since each tomato plant requires 1 foot of space, the number of plants Clara can have in her garden is obtained by dividing the area of her garden by the space required for each plant:
Number of plants = area of garden ÷ space required per plant = 28 square feet ÷ 1 foot = 28 plants
Therefore, Clara will be able to have 28 tomato plants in her garden.