Gloria is making bouquets with silk
roses. she has 55 silk roses in her
storage room. she plans to use 7 silk
roses in each bouquet. how many
bouquets can gloria make? how many
silk roses will she put back in the
storage room?

7 bouquets can be made and 6 flowers will go in the storage room.

We can use the multiples of 7 to see how many bouquets she makes.

Multiples of 7: 7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56
56 exceeds the total 55 silk roses therefore we stop at 49.

49 is the 7th multiple of 7 therefore you will have 7 bouquets. Next subtract 49 from 55 to see how many go in the storage room. 55-49=6.