Situation: A restaurant sells 1 725 pounds of spaghetti and 925 pounds of linguini every months. Problem : Find the number of pounds of pasta does the restaurant sell in 9 months. => Pasta is also known as the sphaghetti. And since the restaurant sells 1 725 pounds every month, simply multiply this number by 9 to get the total amount of pounds in 9 months. => 1 725 * 9 = 15 525 pounds in 9 months.