Question

3. A biology class examined some flowers in a local meadow. They saw 35 flowers, of which 80%

were perennials. How many perennial flowers did the students see? *

Answer 1

28 perennials

Explanation:

They saw 35 flowers, and 80% of them were perennials.

Whenever you see “of,” you should think “multiply”! To solve this, we need to multiply 35*80%

80% = .80

35*.80 = 28 perennials