Question

The garden club wants to buy 48 rose bushes for 4 city parks. Each rose bush costs $12. Each park gets the same number of rose bushes How much will the rose bushes for each park cost? Which number sentences show how to solve the problem?

A. 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 48 × 4 = 192
B. 12 × 48 = 576 and 576 ÷ 4 = 144
C. 48 ÷ 12 = 4 and 48 × 4 = 192
D. 48 ÷ 4 = 12 and 12 × 12 = 144

Answer 1

The answer is B. 12 x 48 = 576 and 576 / 4 = 144

Answer 2

B is the answer. 12*48 is the total cost of the rose bushes and then you divide it by the 4 city parks to find out the cost for each park.