word problem

Question

maria is planting a row of flowers in a bed 29 feet long. the instructions say to space the plants 1 foot apart. the flowers come in flats containing 6 plants per flat.

1) How many flats will she need?

2) How many plants will she have left over?

Answer 1

In a diagram.

P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P S P 

 

How many plants (P's)?

How many flats?