1. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

How many metres of fencing will he need to completely enclose the yard?

2. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

If each metre of fencing costs $2.25, how much will it cost to purchase all the fencing? $_____________________

3. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

If Hector has a budget of $250 to complete this project, how much money will he have left after buying the fencing?

$_____________________

4. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

After buying the fencing, Hector realizes that the fence will not stay up on its own and he needs to buy posts to place throughout. A post must be placed at every corner and every 3 metre of fence, as shown on one side.

How many posts are needed to go around the entire fence?

5. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

After buying the fencing, Hector realizes that the fence will not stay up on its own and he needs to buy posts to place throughout. A post must be placed at every corner and every 3 metre of fence, as shown on one side.

If each post costs $2, how much will all the posts cost? $ ____________________________

6. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

After buying the fencing, Hector realizes that the fence will not stay up on its own and he needs to buy posts to place throughout. A post must be placed at every corner and every 3 metre of fence, as shown on one side.

How much money does Hector need to complete the whole project? $ ____________________________

7. Hector has just inherited his grandfather’s farm. The fence around the yard is old and falling apart, so he needs to replace it. The land that the fence needs to go around is shown below. Use the measurements and the picture to help answer the following questions.

After buying the fencing, Hector realizes that the fence will not stay up on its own and he needs to buy posts to place throughout. A post must be placed at every corner and every 3 metre of fence, as shown on one side.

Based on the information you now have, one of the statements below is correct. Choose the correct option and write your answer based on the information you gathered from previous calculations.

Option 1: He has enough money to complete the fence along with the posts and has $__________________ left

Option 2: He does not have enough money and needs $__________________________ more to finish.

8. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector works out the length of the space for the chickens as 12 metres.  What would be the width of the space in metres ? ______m

9. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector needs to fence the area for the chickens to protect them from predators. How many metres of fencing will he need ?  _______ metres

10. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

If each metre of fencing costs $2.25, how much will it cost to purchase the fencing for the chickens? $___________________

11. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector needs grains to feed his Five grams of grains will feed 25 chickens each day. How many grams of grains will Hector need to feed his chickens for the week.

________________________g

12. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector wants to purchase the grains for the chickens to last him for two weeks and found that 2 stores have the grains available. Work out the cost for Hector to purchase the grains from Chicks and More for the 2 weeks.

13. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector wants to purchase the grains for the chickens to last him for two weeks and found that 2 stores have the grains available. Work out the cost for Hector to purchase the grains from Great Gains for the 2 weeks.

14. Hector wants to start a small business and raise chickens on the farm. He wants to start with 100 chickens and needs 120 square metres of space for the chickens.

Hector wants to purchase the grains for the chickens to last him for two weeks and found that 2 stores have the grains available.

Which store would be the best buy for Hector?