Answer:
she needs to purchase 33 bags of soil.
Step-by-step explanation:
maya needs 54 cubic feet total, she already has 4.5, so you would subtract 54 - 4.5 to give you how much she needs to get, (49.5). each bag has 1.5 cubic feet of soil in it, so, to figure out how many bags she needs, you would divide 49.5 and 1.5 to get 33.
your written out process would be
54 - 4.5 = 49.5
49.5 ÷ 1.5 = 33
