Question

Maria is planting a row of flowers in a bed 27 feet long. The instructions say to space the plants 1 foot apart. The flowers come in flats containing 6 plants per flat.

How many flats will she need?
How many plants will she have left over?

Answer 1

Flats Needed = 05

Leftover Plants = 02

Explanation:

Given,

Length of the bed = 27 Feet

Distance between the plants = 1 foot

No. of plants in on flat = 06

Solution:

Total no. of plants needed = 27+1 = 28

This means Maria needs 5 flats.

So total plants that Maria has = 6×5 = 30

No. of plants Maria planted = 28

Leftover plants = 30-28 = 2

Answer 2

(a) 4 flats

(b) 4 flower plants

Explanation:

Given that the length of the bed is = 27 feet long

The space between plants is = 1 foot

Find number of plant flowers to be planted along this bed;

`=(27)/(1) +1=28`

=28 flower plants

You know from the question that;

6 flower plants= 1 flat

28 flower plants=? flats---------------------cross-multiply

`=(28*1)/(6) =4flats`

Remaining flower plants

28-24=4 flower plants left over