Question

Gary is catering a picnic. There will be 118 guests at the picnic, and he wants each guest to have a 12-ounce serving of salad How much salad should he make?

Answer 1

118 Guests
12-Ounce Serving of Salad Per Guest

When it says words like each, or per that means that you multiply them. We'll need to do something called long multiplication.

118
x 12

2*8 = 16
2*1 = 2
2*1 = 2

Add those together straight down the column.
236

Now move on to the next number!

1*8 = 80
1*1 = 1
1*1 = 1

Add those numbers together.
1180

Now add both of those numbers together...

236+1180 = 1426