Michelle is planting flowers in her garden. She wants the ratio of daisies to carnations to be 4 to 2. Michelle wants to plant a total of 42 flowers. How many daisies should she plant?

Question

A. 40 daises

B. 24 daises

C. 28 daises

D. 7 daises

Answer 1

B. 24 daisies

If the ratio of daisies to carnations is 4 to 2, that means for every 4 daisies, Michelle should plant 2 carnations. This creates a total of 6 flowers for every 1 set of the ratio.

Since Michelle wants to plant a total of 42 flowers, she should divide 42 by 6 to find out how many sets of the ratio she needs to plant. 42 ÷ 6 = 7.

To find out how many daisies that corresponds to, you can simply multiply the number of sets by the number of daisies in each set of the ratio: 7 sets x 4 daisies = 28 daisies.

So, Michelle should plant 28 daisies.