Question

There are a total of 150 flowers in 6 bouquets. Each bouquet had 5 roses, 12 daisies, and the same number of carnations. How many carnations were in each bouquet?

Answer 1

There are 8 carnations in each bouquet.

Explanation:

So, first, we have to figure out the total amount of flowers in one bouquet. To find that, we would do 150 flowers divided by 6 bouquets. That gives us 25 flowers in 1 bouquet. Next, we have to figure out how many carnations are there. To find that, we would first add 12 daises and 5 roses, which is 17 flowers. Since we already know there are 17 flowers that aren't carnations, we would subtract 17 flowers from 25 flowers. That gives us 8. That means that there are 8 carnations :)