Question

olive bought 36 potatoes plants. She planted them in her garden in 4 even rows. Wild animals ate a row. 5 plants were eaten by sheep and 2 by a goat in the same row. How many plants were remaining in the row that sheep and goat got to? answer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Answer 1

She is right the answer would be 2.

Answer 2

If there are 36 potato plants, and they are in 4 even rows, that means that there is 9 in each column because 9 x 4 is 36. Since 7 of them were eaten by the sheep and the goat, that means that there are 2 leftover in that row that the sheep and goat got to since 9-7 is 2.