Question

Which number sentences show how to solve the problem?

The garden club wants to buy 48 rose bushes for 4 city parks. Each rose bush costs $12. Each park gets the same number of rose bushes. How much will the rose bushes for each park cost?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 48 × 4 = 192

B.
12 × 48 = 576 and 576 ÷ 4 = 144

C.
48 ÷ 12 = 4 and 48 × 4 = 192

D.
48 ÷ 4 = 12 and 12 × 12 = 144

Answer 1

Well there two different answers to this problem and they are B and D

Answer 2

B and D.
B finds the price for all the rose bushes first, then finds the price for each park.
D finds how many bushes will go in each park first, then finds the price the park will pay.

They are answering the same question, just in a different order.