Question

The florist can order roses in bunches of one dozen and lilies in bunches of 8 Last Month she ordered the same number of roses as lilies if she ordered no more than 100 roses how many bunches of each Could she have ordered

Answer 1

8 bunches of roses because 12 x 8 is 96. You cannot go any higher than that without over reaching 100. So the answer is 8 bunches of lilies and 8 bunches of roses

Answer 2

12 bunches of lilies and 8 dozen of roses.

Explanation:

The florist can order roses in bunches of one dozen and lilies in bunches of 8.

If she ordered no more than 100 roses and same number of lilies.

She ordered 8 dozen of roses = 12 × 8 = 96 roses

She ordered 12 bunches of 8 lilies = 12 × 8 = 96 lilies

Therefore, she ordered 12 bunches of lilies and 8 dozen of roses