2. It is recommended that when you plant tomatoes in your garden that you also plant marigolds. The marigolds keep the bugs away from the tomatoes. The garden center told me to plant 5 marigolds for every 2 tomato plants. Last year I planted a total of 35 marigolds and tomatoes. How many tomato plants did I have in my garden?

Let's break it down in a fun way! If you're planting 5 marigolds for every 2 tomato plants, you can think of that as a little gardening team: for each pair of tomato plants, you have a group of 5 marigolds ready to protect them. Now, let’s do some math magic! If we say you have 2 tomato plants, then you'll need 5 marigolds, making a total of 7 plants in the 'team'. Since you planted 35 plants altogether, divide 35 by 7, and you find out that you had 5 teams! Since each team includes 2 tomato plants, if you have 5 teams of tomatoes, that means you planted 10 tomato plants. Happy gardening! 🌿🍅