Question

Rebecca bought a flat of 144 pansies. She planted 3 rows of 16 pansies each. She planted 4 rows of 14 pansies each. How many pansies does she have left to plant?

Answer 1

okay so, Rebecca has 144 pansies altogether. If she planted 3 rows of 16 pansies you would have to multiply 16*3=48 Then she planted 4 rows of 14 pansies you would have to multiply 14*4=56 then add 48+56=104 then take that number and subtract it from your total (144 pansies) 144-104=40
She has 40 left over <---- That's your answer

Answer 2

Rebecca has 40 pansies left to do. In order to find the number of pansies she already has you multiply 3 and 16 which is 48 and 4 and 14 which is 56. Afterwards you add both of them together to get 104 and subtract  from 144 to get 40