Strawberry Fields... by the Numbers
Answers to questions found on page 5.

A. Determine the money needed to buy enough strawberry plants to plant one acre. First, write the equation, and then solve it.

Let N = $ needed to plant one acre with strawberries

N = ($85/1,000 plants) x 27,000 plants

N = $2,295

 

B. Rebecca worked for 8 hours and picked 8 crates of strawberries each hour. How much did she earn for that day?

(8 hours x $4.85/hr) + ($.85/crate x 8 crates x 8 hours)

$38.80 + $54.40 = $93.20/day

 

C. How many plants are needed to plant all of the strawberry acreage in California?

31,000 acres x 27,000 plants per acre = 837,000,000

At least 837 million plants will be needed

 

D. On average, how many seeds are on a strawberry plant?

50 x 2 = 100

100 x 2 = 200

200 seeds per strawberry

 

As the article says, farmers do not plant strawberry seeds. Rather, they plant runners that grow from other plants.

Did You Know?
If placed end to end, all of the stawberries grown in California in one year would wrap around the Earth's equator 15 times.

For more information on strawberries check out www.calstrawberry.com.