Question

The gardener has 75 shrubs to plant in 4 rows.

If he planted an equal number in each row, there were _____ shrubs left over.

if possible explain why you got this answer please :)

Answer 1

The answer will be 3 left over.

Explanation: If the gardener has 75 shrubs and wants to plant them evenly in each row, you have to do division and see if there is any remainders.


75 divided by 4 is 18 with only 3 remaining.

So 18 is the shrubs planted evenly and 3 is the one remaining.

Answer 2

Claim -

“If he planted an equal number in each row there were 3 remaining.”

Reasoning -

If the gardener needed to plant 75 shrubs in 4 equal rows then there would be 18 shrubs in each row, 72 shrubs would be planted. That would be that 3 shrubs are remaining.