SOLUTION: A wall of the basement is 32 feet by 8 feet. The wall is to be constructed with masonry blocks that have lengths of 16 inches and widths of 8 inches. About how many masonry block

Question 74394: A wall of the basement is 32 feet by 8 feet. The wall is to be constructed with masonry blocks that have lengths of 16 inches and widths of 8 inches. About how many masonry blocks are needed to build the wall?
Answer by cathieb1225(41) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(32)(8)=256 feet is the area of the wall
(16)(8)=128 inches is the area of one masonry block.
You must take 256 feet times 12 inches so that both measurements are the same unit. (256)(12)=3072 inches in area for the wall.
Now divide 3072 by 128. The answer is 24, which means that you would need 24 masonry blocks.
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