Question

Saffron is a powder made from crocus flowers and is used in the manufacturing of perfume. Some 8,000 crocus flowers are required to make 2 ounces of saffron. How many flowers are needed to make 16 ounces of saffron? (Source: The World Book Encyclopedia)

Answer 1

All you do is multiply 8,000 by 8 since you need 8 times mores ounces of saffron
So the answer is you need about 64,000 crocus flowers to make 16oz of saffron

Answer 2

16/2=8
we need 8 times more flowers
8x8,000=64,000
64 thousand flowers
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