Question

18. Amos potted pansies and marigolds to sell in his greenhouse. During a busy weekend, he sold 48 pansies and 96 marigolds. What fraction of the flowers sold were marigolds?

A. 3⁄8
B. 1⁄3
C. 2⁄3
D. 3⁄4

Answer 1

a

Explanation:

I believe it would be a. maybe

Answer 2

2/3

Explanation:

The question asks what fraction of the flowers that Amos sold were marigolds, knowing that he sold:

• 48 pansies
• 96 marigolds

The fraction will be calculated as:

number of marigolds sold / total of flowers sold

So first we need to calculate the total number of flowers that were sold:

total number of sold flowers = 48 + 96 = 144 flowers

So now we can calculate the fraction:

96 marigolds / 144 flowers = 96/144 = 2/3

(We go from 96/144 to 2/3 by simplifying the equation by dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor)

2/3 of the sold flowers were marigolds