Barbara has a mixed garden that has 16 rows of different flowers and vegetables. One fourth of the rows are lettuce, 1/8 of the rows are pumpkins, and 1/2 of the rows are red tulips. The other rows are carrots. How many rows of carrots are in Barbara's garden?

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Estes

27 July, 20:21

Barbara has a mixed garden that has 16 rows of different flowers and vegetables. One fourth of the rows are lettuce, 1/8 of the rows are pumpkins, and 1/2 of the rows are red tulips. The other rows are carrots. How many rows of carrots are in Barbara's garden?

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Roscoe · Answer 1

16 rows

1/2 of 16 is 8

1/4 of 16 is 4

1/8 of 16 is 2

1/4=lettuce

1/8=pumpkins

1/2=red tulips

8+4+2=14

16-14=2

2 rows are left for carrots

1/8 rows for carrots