Question

Michelle is planting flowers in her garden. She wants the ratio of daisies to carnations to be 4 to 2. Michelle wants to plant a total of 42 flowers. How many daisies should she plant?

Answer 1

28 daisies

Explanation:

4:2 = daisies:carnations

4:6 = daisies:total flowers

4/6 = x/42 x=number of daisies

6x = 4(42) = 168

x = 168/6 = 28

y = number of carnations = 42 - 28 = 14

Double check the answer:

28/14 = 4/2 ratio is correct!