Question

Here is a flower made up of yellow hexagons, red trapezoids, and green triangles.

a. How many copies of this flower pattern could you build if you had 30 yellow hexagons, 50 red trapezoids, and 60 green triangles?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
b. Of which shape would you have the most left over?

A. Yellow hexagons
B. Red trapezoids
C. Green triangles
D. All shapes would be left in equal amounts.

Answer 1

You can build 30 copies of the flower pattern using the given number of shapes. All shapes would be left in equal amounts.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many copies of the flower pattern we can build, we need to find the limiting factor. The flower requires 1 yellow hexagon, 1 red trapezoid, and 1 green triangle. We have 30 yellow hexagons, 50 red trapezoids, and 60 green triangles. Since we need the same number of each shape, we can only build 30 copies of the flower pattern.

In terms of which shape would have the most left over, we can determine this by finding the difference between the total number of each shape and the number of copies we can build. We have 30 copies of the flower pattern, which means we would have 30 yellow hexagons, 30 red trapezoids, and 30 green triangles left over. Therefore, all shapes would be left in equal amounts.