PLEASE help me! I really need help with this 8th grade math! I’m so confused?!?
Okay, well this is what it says
"Recipe for 1-2-3 compost box:
-Start with an open rectangular wood box that is 1 foot high, 2 feet high, and 3 feet long.
-Mix 10 pounds of shredded newspaper with 15 quarts of water, and put the mixture in the 1-2-3 box.
-Add a few handfulls of siol
-Add about 100 redworms (ABout 1 pound).
Deshondra chose composting as the topic of her science project. She plans to build a compost box at home and to keep records od the amount of siol produced over several weeks.
How much shredded paper will she need for her 2-4-6 compost box?
How many worms will she nee?
How much plywood will she need to build the box?
How many pounds of garbage will the box be able to compose in one day?"
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LOT TO READ BUT PLEASE HELP I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THIS!
I’m not asking for asnwers by the way. If you’ve got them, great. But I need you to tell me HOW to do this. And please be clear when you explain. Thank you!
PLEASE people! I REALLY Need help and this is due tomorrow! Just tell me how to do it and that’s good enough! =’(
i am in eighth grade too. ok so a 2-4-6 compost box would just be a 1-2-3 box doubled. So double everything:
shredded paper:10 pounds x 2 =
worms: 100 x 2 =
plywood: 2 peices of plywood that are 4 feet long and 2 that are 6 feet long and 1 foot high
lbs of garbage: I am sooooooo sorry but i can’t figure out this one. Just ask your teacher b4 class.
hope i helped!!!
hgrghth???
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i am in eighth grade too. ok so a 2-4-6 compost box would just be a 1-2-3 box doubled. So double everything:
shredded paper:10 pounds x 2 =
worms: 100 x 2 =
plywood: 2 peices of plywood that are 4 feet long and 2 that are 6 feet long and 1 foot high
lbs of garbage: I am sooooooo sorry but i can’t figure out this one. Just ask your teacher b4 class.
hope i helped!!!
References :
Deshondra would like to make a box that is twice the size of the recipe. (1 foot high, 2 feet wide and 3 feet long multiplied by 2 is 2-4-6)
She will therefore need twice the amount of all of the ingredients in the recipe.
10 pounds shredded newspaper x 2= 20 pounds
100 red worms x 2=200 red worms
Plywood = 2 pieces of 1 foot by 2 feet (ends)= 2 x 2 = 4 sq ft.
2 pieces of 2 ft by 3ft (sides) = 2 x 6 = 12 sq ft.
1 piece of 3 ft by 1 ft (bottom) = 1 x 3 = 3 sq ft.
this means you need 19 sq. ft. of plywood.
As there is no information in the compost box recipe as to how many pounds of garbage it can break down, I can not infer how much this box will be able to decompose.
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