Karen has a rectangle garden 48 feet long and 9 feet wide. She plants seeds in square sections in the garde that are 1 1/2 feet on each side. What is the maximum amount of seeds that Karen can plant?

The total area of the garden is (9 ft) (48 ft), or 432 sq ft.

First I determine how many times 1.5 ft divides into 48 ft: 48/1.5 = 32

Next I determine how many times 1.5 ft divides into 9 ft: 9/1.5 = 6

Imagine the garden divided into 32 * 6 squares of side 1.5 ft:

There are 192 such squares.

That's all we can say, at least until you share how many seeds go into each of these 192 squares.