A landscaper uses 7/8 pound of grass seed for each acre he seeds. He has 6 pounds of seed available. How many whole acres can be planted 

To find out how many whole acres the landscaper can seed with 6 pounds of grass seed, given that each acre requires \( \frac{7}{8} \) pounds of seed, follow these steps:

1. **Determine how many acres can be seeded per pound of seed:**
   \[
   \text{Acres per pound} = \frac{1}{\frac{7}{8}} = \frac{8}{7}
   \]
   So, each pound of seed can cover \( \frac{8}{7} \) acres.

2. **Multiply the total pounds of seed by the acres per pound:**
   \[
   6 \times \frac{8}{7} = \frac{48}{7} \approx 6.86
   \]
   This means 6.86 acres can be planted.

3. **Find the number of whole acres:**
   Since you can only plant whole acres, the landscaper can plant **6 whole acres**.

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Here are 5 related questions to expand on this topic:
1. How much seed is left after planting the whole acres?
2. How many acres can be planted with 4 pounds of seed?
3. What if the landscaper had 10 pounds of seed instead of 6?
4. How would the number of acres change if each acre required 1 pound of seed?
5. If he planted 5 whole acres, how much seed would be left over?

**Tip:** When working with fractions, dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal.

A landscaper uses 7/8 pound of grass seed for each acre he seeds. He has 6 pounds of seed available. How many whole acres can be planted?

Learn how to calculate the number of whole acres a landscaper can plant with 6 pounds of grass seed, using division and multiplication of fractions. This problem explores how to work with fractions and round to whole numbers, suitable for students in Grades 5-6.

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