Question

A swarm of $62$ bees flies in a garden. If $3$ bees land on each flower, $8$ bees are left with no flowers. Find the number of flowers in the garden.

Answer 1

Let the number of flowers be $x$.

Number of bees on flowers $=3x$

Total number of bees $=62$

Therefore,

$3x+8=62$

$3x=54$

$x=18$

Hence, there are $18$ flowers in the garden.