Question

The woods have 20 trees per square mile. If the woods directly around rapunzels house measure 57 square miles, how many trees are surrounding the house?

Answer 1

1140 trees

Explanation:

Since the woods have 20 trees per square mile, we can find the number of trees surrounding Rapunzel's house by multiplying 20 by 57:

# of trees = 20 * 57

# of trees = 1140

Thus, there are 1140 trees surrounding Rapunzel's house.

You can further prove this face with division:

1140 trees / 57 square miles reduces to 20 trees / 1 square mile, proving that our answer is correct.