a florist has 84 tulips and 56 daisies. each bouquet will have the same number of tulips and daisies. how many bouquets can the florist make for this exhibit?

Question

Ummm i dont understand how to solve this question..

Answer 1

Hey Aisha,

 

I don't blame your hard time understanding this question.  It seems that there may be some important information missing.  Let me explain:

 

There will be many ways to organize the bouquets.

Situation 1: If the question asks for the maximum number of bouquets that can be made from the given flowers:

     then 56 bouquets would be the answer.  Each bouquet containing 1 tulip and 1 daisy.  

 

Situation 2: If the question asks for the least amount of bouquets that can be made from the given flowers:

     the answer would be 1 bouquet (1 bouquet of 56 tulips and 56 daisies).

 

As you can see there can be many ways to arrange the bouquets depending on what the question is looking for.

If you find out any additional information about this problem, feel free to post it here or message me.  I would find it most interesting to try and help!