2024 Howard Floriculture Problem Solving

The ribbon required for a decorator’s bow is one piece 6 inches long, one 18 inches long, one 20 inches long, and one 30 inches long. How many yards of ribbon does a florist need to make 75 bows? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. 36 inches = 1 yard.

• 462 yards

• 198 yards

• 155 yards

• 274 yards

Toby’s Garden Center is purchasing coleus from Windham’s Wholesale Greenhouse for $9.00 a flat. There are six four-packs per flat. Using a 33% markup for the retail cost, what will be the advertised price for one individual four-pack of coleus? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

• $1.50

• $2.00

• $2.25

• $3.00

The Oceanview Ag Department received 100 Boston fern liners and potted them into 10" hanging baskets. For the first three weeks of root growth, .125 gallons of water is recommended daily for each basket. The drip irrigation system in the school greenhouse applies 1 gallon of water per hour. How many minutes should you program the irrigation clock for each basket to receive the correct amount of water?

• 7.5 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 10.93 minutes

• 1 hour 9 minutes

A local florist is having a 30% off clearance sale. If a customer bought items totaling $450.00 at the regular price, how much would the items cost with the clearance markdown?

• $585.00

• $315.00

• $265.00

• $135.00

Your greenhouse grew 10,500 4.5-inch Angelonia plants. Each plant retails for $4.99. Given the expenses for each plant, shown below, how much profit will you make for the entire crop if you sell 95% of the plants but have to discard the remaining plants? One bag of substrate will fill 75 pots. A bag of substrate sells for $23.50. The actual pot cost is $0.06 each. The Angelonia cuttings were $0.73 each.

• $40,700.50

• $36,525.50

• $37,856.75

• $38,190.25