The area of Louise’s garden is 12 square yards. She wants to plant roses in her garden. Each rose bush needs 1 square yards. How many rose bushes can Louise plant in her garden?

Respuesta :

She can plant 12 rose bushes since 12/1 equals 12.
Divide          12 square yards     by    1 square yard per rose bush.

                                         12 square yards            1 rose bush
The correct result is       ------------------------- * ----------------------------------- =
                                                     1                      1 square yard per bush

12 bushes.