SOLUTION: Jasmine wants to build a 2 and 5/6 meters long garden path paved with square stones that measure 1/4 meter on each side. There will be no spaces between the stones. How many sto

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Question 1207453: Jasmine wants to build a 2 and 5/6 meters long garden path paved with square stones that measure 1/4 meter on each side. There will be no spaces between the stones.
How many stones are needed for the path?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Divide  2 =  meters by   meters.  You will get

     =  =  = 11 = 11.


It means that 12 square stones is enough (and even more than enough) for the path,
while 11 square stones are not enough.


From it, made your own conclusion.

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In my solution, I used the info about 1/4 meters as the size of each side of a square stone.

@MathLover1 interprets the problem as if there are TWO paths to pave.

You decide which interpretation is correct.



Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

since garden path paved with square stones that measure meter on each side, multiply the length by


divide the length by

you have to round up, since you can't have a fraction of a stone, stones will be need
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