How many vegetable plants do they have?

Question

Emilys family loves to work in the garden. They have a slight preference for flowers, as 60% of their plants are flowers and 40% are vegetables. They have 50 plants growing in the garden.

Answer 1

Hi Roge,

To find out how many vegetable plants Emily's family has, we can follow these steps:

1. Total number of plants in the garden: 50 plants.
2. Percentage of plants that are vegetables: 40%.

Now, we calculate the number of vegetable plants by multiplying the total number of plants by the percentage of vegetables (in decimal form):

1. Number of vegetable plants = 50 * 0.40
2. Number of vegetable plants = 20

So, Emily's family has 20 vegetable plants in their garden.