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Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 5:59 pm
by Splitpin
I've just assembled a raised garden , a little one .
Its 1200x1200x400 ... how many 20 litre bags of garden mix will I need to fill it ?
I'm hopeless at volume equations <_<

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:28 pm
by Ian Warren
Marty , I'm not a garden person, be cheaper to go to a garden supply and get half a trailer load .. the rest left over thro it on a patch of garden .. saves on the bags ... BOOB BANG DONE !

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:53 pm
by Splitpin
Yeah ... maybe the way . I suppose it was a bit of a naff question anyway , i was just interested in the math.

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 6:59 pm
by johnkiwi
If i remember my maths correctly...28.8 bags, or 0.578 cubic metres
As Ian suggested it might be cheaper to get 1/2 a metre on a loan trailer from a landscape supplier

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:46 pm
by Splitpin
Thanks, gents .... great math JK :thumbup: Her indoors has decided it's too high and will block the view of the garden , so now I need to dig a trench and bury half of it , therefore reducing by 50% the amount of soil :rolleyes: jeezzz .

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:13 pm
by johnkiwi
:idea: Rather than burying half, why not cut it in half ... thèn you get 2 low garden beds for the price of 1

Re: Math question .

PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:53 am
by Fozzer
According to Douglas Adams, the answer is......


.................42..............

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 05734.html

Paul...also not very good at Maths... :( ....!

P.S....Note: The answer to anything and everything, is always 42!