Jim’s lawn is rectangle that is 15 5/6 yards long and 10 2/5 yards wide. jim buys sod in pieces that are 1 1/3 yards long and 1 1/3 yards wide. how many pieces of sod will jim need to cover his lawn with sod

What we know:
Yard is a rectangle shape
length=15 5/6 yd
width= 10 2/5 yd
Sod is 1 1/3 yd by 1 1/3 yd
Area=l × w

What we need to find:
How many pieces of sod will Jim need to cover his lawn with sod?

Find area of yard
Area=15 5/6 × 10 2/5
=95/6 × 52/5 changed to improper fraction, easier to multiply
=4940/30 yd²

Find area of sod
Area=1 1/3 × 1 1/3
=4/3 × 4/3
=16/9 yd²

Now we divide area of lawn by area of sod.

Area of lawn/Area of sod
4940/30 ÷ 16/9
4940/30 × 9/16=92 5/8

You will need 93 pieces of sod. We rounded up since we cannot purchase a part of a sod but only a whole.