Question

Amos potted pansies and marigolds to sell in his greenhouse. During a busy weekend,he sold 48 pansies and 96 marigolds. What fraction of the flowers sold were marigolds

Answer 1

There are two types of flowers are given: Potted pansies and Marigolds.

Number of Potted pansies flowers sold = 48.

Number of Marigolds flowers = 96.

Total number of flowers sold = Number of Potted pansies flowers sold+Number of Marigolds flowers = 48+96 = 144 flowers.

Fraction of the marigolds flowers sold to the total flowers sold = $\frac{96}{144}$.

Reducing it into simplest fraction by dividing top and bottom by 48, we get

$\frac{2}{3}$.

Therefore, $\frac{2}{3}rd$ of the flowers sold were marigolds.