Question

read-draw-write process to solve the problem. there are 28 flowers in miss songs garden. \\(\frac{1}{4}\\) of the flowers are red. the rest of the flowers are yellow. a. how many flowers are red? b. how many flowers are yellow?

Explanation:

Part a:

Step1: Identify total and fraction

Total flowers = 28, fraction of red flowers = $\frac{1}{4}$.

Step2: Calculate red flowers

Red flowers = Total flowers × fraction of red flowers = $28\times\frac{1}{4}$ = 7.

Step1: Find non - red fraction

Fraction of non - red (yellow) flowers = $1-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{3}{4}$.

Step2: Calculate yellow flowers

Yellow flowers = Total flowers × fraction of yellow flowers = $28\times\frac{3}{4}$ = 21.

Answer:

7

Part b: