Question

Nutsy picked $32$ flowers. She wants to make $9$ garlands having the same number of flowers. How many more flowers should she pick so that she does not have any extra flowers left?

• A. $5$
• B. $4$
• C. $6$
• D. $9$

Answer 1

The correct option is B $4$

Given, the number of flowers that Nutsy has $=32$
She is making $9$ garlands with an equal number of flowers in each.
Let’s check one by one.
$9\times 1$ flower $=9,23$ flowers will be left.
$9\times 2$ flowers $=18,14$ flowers will be left.
$9\times 3$ flowers $=27,5$ flowers will be left.
$9\times 4$ flowers $=36$
Nutsy has $32$ flowers but in order to have $4$ flowers in each garland such that none are left she needs to have $36$.
Therefore, the number of flowers that Nutsy needs to pick $=36-32=4$ flowers.