Sarah was helping her mother repot some plants. She estimated how many bags of potting soil they would need. They used 4 bags of soil, but Sarah had estimated they would use \( 25 \% \) more than that. How many bags of soil did Sarah estimate they would need? Submit

To find out how many bags of soil Sarah estimated they would need, we can follow these steps: 1. **Identify the known values:** - Actual bags of soil used: \( 4 \) - Sarah's estimation was \( 25\% \) more than the actual amount used. 2. **Calculate \( 25\% \) of the actual amount used:** \[ 25\% \text{ of } 4 = 0.25 \times 4 \] 3. **Add this value to the actual amount used to find Sarah's estimate:** \[ \text{Estimated bags} = 4 + (0.25 \times 4) \] Now, let's perform the calculations step by step. First, calculate \( 0.25 \times 4 \): \[ 0.25 \times 4 = 1 \] Now, add this to the actual amount used: \[ \text{Estimated bags} = 4 + 1 = 5 \] Thus, Sarah estimated they would need \( 5 \) bags of soil.