Kim has 610 acres of corn. She ordered 385 pounds of fertilizer per acre. Your spreader truck weighs 16,145 pounds. Your average load on the truck is 10,250 pounds of fertilizer at $575 per ton.

a. How many tons of fertilizer were ordered?
b. How many tons of fertilizer were delivered per load?
c. How many loads did it take to fill the order?
d. What was the cost of the fertilizer?


a. 117 tons
b. 5.1 tons/load
c. 23 loads

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