Math In The Real World

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There are 10 different types of plants and 39 plants in the garden. Cucombers, tomatoes, pumpkins, mint leaves, watermellons, sunflower, radishes, lettus, flowers, and potatoes. There are 9 cucombers, 3 tomatoes, 1 pumpkin, 3 mint leaves, 5 watermellons, 1 sunflower, 4 radishes, 3 lettus, 7 flowers. How many potaotoes are in the garden???












Answer: there are 3 potatoes in the garden
9+3+1+3+5+1+4+3+7=36
39-36=3