Q:

Yolanda buys two types of flowering plants. She buys 36 geraniums and 63 marigolds. She wants to plant an equal number of flowers in each row of her garden. Each row will contain only one type of flowering plant.Part A: Yolanda uses all the plants she bought in her garden. Determine the greatest number of flowering plants that could be in each row of the garden. Part B: How many rows of each type of flowering plant will be in Yolanda’s garden? rows of geraniums rows of marigolds

Accepted Solution

A:
find the multiples of 36 and 63:

36: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
63:, 1,3, 7, 9, 21, 63
 the highest common multiple is 9

answer to part A is 9

Part B) divide each quantity by 9
geraniums: 36 / 9 =4 rows
marigolds: 63 /9 =7 rows