Timothy is making snacks for his 2 friends and himself. On each of the 3 plates, he puts 4 apple slices and 2 pieces of string cheese. Which expression shows one way to find how many items are on the 3 plates in all?
3 × 4 × 2
3 × (4 + 2)
3 + (4 × 2)
3 + 4 + 2
Mrs. Daniels gave the following homework to her 24 students on Tuesday:
Which expression shows one way to find how many problems that Mrs. Daniels will have to grade on Wednesday, when the students turn in their homework?
24 × (6 + 3 + 4)
24 + (6 × 3 × 4)
(24 × 6) × (24 × 3) × (24 × 4)
(24 × 6) + 3 + 4
There are 4 fish tanks with 7 fish in each of them and 4 fish tanks with 11 fish in each of them at the pet store. Which expression shows one way to find how many fish are in all the fish tanks?
4 + 7 + 4 + 11
4 × (7 × 11)
4 × 7 × 4 × 11
4 × (7 + 11)
Mr. Tripp wants to find the total number of nails he will need to build a bird house for his back yard. He uses the expression below to find the number of nails he needs.
(4 × 2) × 7
Which expression is equal to the one used by Mr. Tripp?
4 + (2 + 7)
(4 + 2 ) + 7
4 × (2 × 7)
