Square Foot Garden Math

Today we solved and explained two problems related to our square foot gardens.

How many square inches are in a 9 square foot garden?

by MCS (4th Grade)

1. To find the area of a square multiply the length times the width (in a square, these numbers are the same!)
2. In one square foot, each side is 12 inches, so you would multiply 12 by 12 and get 144 square inches as the area.
3. My garden is a 9 square foot garden and to find the total area of my garden you would multiply 144 square inches by nine.

There are 1296 square inches in my 9 square foot garden!

How many square inches does each plant get in my square foot garden?

by  Hammerhead123 (5th Grade)

Step 1 you find number of inches in a square foot. 12 inches x 12 inches = 144 square inches

step 2 you divide the number 144 by the number of plants per square foot.

Plant	Plants per square foot	Square inches per plant
Tomato, strawberry, melon, cucumber.	1	144
Basil, oregano.	4	36
Beans.	9	16
Carrot, radish.	16	9

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