Question

Barbara has a mixed garden that has 16 rows of different flowers and vegetables. One fourth of the rows are lettuce, 1/8 of the rows are pumpkins, and 1/2 of the rows are red tulips. The other rows are carrots. How many rows of carrots are in Barbara's garden?

Answer 1

16 rows
1/2 of 16 is 8
1/4 of 16 is 4
1/8 of 16 is 2

1/4=lettuce
1/8=pumpkins
1/2=red tulips

8+4+2=14
16-14=2
2 rows are left for carrots
1/8 rows for carrots