Marcus want to make a stone walkway in his garden.the rectangular walkway will be 3 feet wide and 18 feet long.Each 2-foot by 3-foot stone covers an area of 6 sq. feet.How many stones will he need?
is it 9?
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Marcus wants to make a stone walkway in his garden. The rectangular walkay will be 3 feet wide and 21 feet long. Each 2-foot by 3-foot stone coveers an area of 6 square feet. How many stones will marcus need?
9 stones
To find out how many stones Marcus will need for his walkway, you first have to calculate the total area of the walkway.
The rectangular walkway is 3 feet wide and 18 feet long, so its area can be calculated by multiplying the width by the length:
Area of the walkway = Width × Length = 3 feet × 18 feet = 54 square feet.
Now, we need to determine how many 2-foot by 3-foot stones will fit into this total area. Each stone covers an area of 6 square feet.
To find the number of stones needed, divide the total area of the walkway by the area covered by each stone:
Number of stones = Total area ÷ Area covered by each stone = 54 square feet ÷ 6 square feet = 9.
So, Marcus will need 9 stones to complete the walkway, not just 9.