Comments on: PLEASE help me! I really need help with this 8th grade math! I’m so confused?!?

By: Lindsey P

Lindsey P — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:50:59 +0000

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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By: gymnasticsgirl

gymnasticsgirl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:03:59 +0000

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!!!
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By: cutie09

cutie09 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:44:59 +0000

hgrghth???
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