Question

Monique planted seeds to grow pansies, snapdragons, and petunias. After several weeks, 18 out of 40 pansy seeds, 21 out of 50 snapdragon seeds, and 12 out of 30 petunia seeds grew into plants.

Write the names of the plants in order from the least percentage of plants that grew to the greatest percentage of plants that grew.

Least --> Greatest

Answer 1

petunia seeds 40%, snapdragon seeds 42%, pansy seeds 45%.









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Answer 2

pansy = 18/40 = 0.45 = 45%

snapdragon = 21 /50 = 0.42 = 42%

petunia = 12/30 = 0.40 = 40%

least to greatest:

Petunia, snapdragon, pansy