Question

Maria is planting a row of flowers in a bed 38 feet long. The instructions say to space the plants 1 foot apart, allowing room for 38 flowers. The flowers come in flats containing 6 plants per flat.

Answer 1

Maria needs 13 flats of flowers to plant in the bed.

Explanation:

Total plants = Number of flowers + Number of spaces

Total plants = 38 + 38 = 76

Since each flat contains 6 plants, we can divide the total number of plants by the number of plants per flat to find the number of flats needed:

Number of flats = Total plants / Plants per flat

Number of flats = 76 / 6 = 12.67