Ben helped his parents plant a row of fruit trees.the row is 50 meters long.the distance between trees is 5 meters.how many trees did they plant?

3 answers

50/5 + 1 = 11 (one is at x = 0)
This is for a 3 rd grade student
one at x = 0
then 10 more at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 , 30, 35, 40, 45, 50

You always have one more fence post than panels of fencing