Question

Sunny's garden has 9 tomato plants, 5 pepper plants, 3 squash plants, and 6 pumpkin plants.

For every 3 tomato plants in Sunny's garden, there is 1 _____ plant.
Choose 1 answer:


(Choice A)
Pepper

(Choice B)
Squash

(Choice C)
Pumpkin

Answer 1

Explanation:

There is 1 squash plant for every 3 tomato plants.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of tomato plants = 9

Number of pepper plants = 5

Number of squash plants = 3

Number of pumpkin plants = 6

So, For every 3 tomato plants in Sunny's garden, there will be 1 squash plants.

As the ratio of tomato plants to squash plants is

Hence, There is 1 squash plant for every 3 tomato plants.

Answer 2

The answer is B- the squash plants. You know because 3x3= 9, and there are 9 tomato plants. Hope this helps!