Paige was helping her mom plant flowers and together they planted 24 seeds. They put 12 seeds in each flower bed and only 26 seeds grew into flowers in each flower bed. How many flower beds did they have?
1. Paige and her mom planted 24 seeds.
2. They put 12 seeds in each flower bed.
3. Only 26 seeds grew into flowers in each flower bed.

We can see that they have planted a total of 24 seeds, and that in each flower bed, 26 seeds grew into flowers. So, they must have had 24/26, or 12/13, flower beds.