Sue buys 2 dozen roses. Of those roses 2/3 are red and the rest are white.how many white roses did she buy?
or, more correctly, 8.
To find out how many white roses Sue bought, we first need to determine the total number of roses she purchased.
1 dozen is equal to 12, so 2 dozen would be 2 x 12 = 24.
Now, we know that 2/3 of the roses are red, which means 1/3 is white.
To find the number of white roses, we calculate 1/3 of the total number of roses:
1/3 x 24 = 8.
Therefore, Sue bought 8 white roses.
To find out how many white roses Sue bought, we first need to determine the total number of roses she bought.
Sue bought 2 dozen roses, and since a dozen is equal to 12, we can calculate the total number of roses by multiplying 2 by 12:
2 dozen roses = 2 x 12 = 24 roses
Next, we need to determine the number of red roses. We are given that 2/3 of the roses are red, so we can calculate the number of red roses by multiplying the total number of roses by 2/3:
Number of red roses = 24 x 2/3 = 16 roses
Finally, we can calculate the number of white roses by subtracting the number of red roses from the total number of roses:
Number of white roses = Total number of roses - Number of red roses
Number of white roses = 24 - 16 = 8
Therefore, Sue bought 8 white roses.
1/3 are white
1/3 * 2*12 = 16 white ones