Question

Cheryl decorated a border of a birthday card with flowers. The flowers were 1/200 m apart. The length of the border was 1/5 m. There was a flower at each end of the border. How many flowers did she draw?

Answer 1

To determine the number of flowers along a 1/5 m border with 1/200 m spacing, divide the border length by spacing and add one for the starting flower, resulting in 41 flowers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student asked how many flowers Cheryl drew along the 1/5 m border where the flowers are placed 1/200 m apart and there is a flower at each end. To find this out, you divide the length of the border by the distance between the flowers and add 1 for the flower at the end.

First, write the proportion for the number of intervals between flowers as the number of flowers would be one more than this. The border length is 1/5 m and the spacing between flowers is 1/200 m, so there are (1/5) ÷ (1/200) = 40 intervals between flowers.

As there is a flower at each end, we add 1 to the number of intervals to get the total number of flowers. Hence, Cheryl drew 41 flowers along the border.

Answer 2

She draw 40 flowers

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

`Length = (1)/(5)m`

`Flower = (1)/(200)m`

Required

Determine the number of flowers

To do this, we simply divide the length of the border by the length of the flower.

`Number = (1)/(5)/ (1)/(200)`

Convert to multiplication

`Number = (1)/(5)* (200)/(1)`

`Number = (200)/(5)`

`Number = 40`

Hence, she draw 40 flowers