Question

Maria is planting a tree. She digs a hole 1/2 feet deep. The hole is not deep enough so she digs down another

feet. Now the hole is too deep so she adds 12 feet of soil back into the hole.
How deep is the hole now?
Enter your answer in the boxes as a mixed number in simplest form.
feet

Answer 1

Maria initially dug a hole 1/2 feet deep. She then dug down an additional 3 feet, bringing the total depth of the hole to 3 1/2 feet. When she realized the hole was too deep, she added 12 feet of soil back into the hole. This brought the total depth of the hole back to 6 1/2 feet.