Question

Ms. Moore bought 10 flowers and planted them in rows with 5 lines and 4 flowers in each line. How many flowers are left unplanted?

A) 5
B) 6
C) 4
D) 0

Answer 1

Ms. Moore bought 10 flowers but needed 20 to fill the rows as described, so she has zero flowers left unplanted.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to determine how many flowers Ms. Moore has left after planting them, given that she bought 10 flowers and wants to arrange them in rows with 5 lines and 4 flowers in each line.

First, let's calculate the total number of flowers that would be required to fill all the rows as described: 5 lines × 4 flowers per line = 20 flowers in total.

However, Ms. Moore only bought 10 flowers. Since she is planting them in rows that would need 20 flowers to be complete and she only has 10, she has 10 fewer flowers than she needs. Therefore, there are zero flowers left unplanted because she did not have enough flowers to begin with to fill all the rows completely.

The correct answer is therefore: D) 0