Question

Certain words and phrases indicate that multiplication is required to compute an answer. For example, perfect of , taking a single unit and finding the total for many units, and multiply by indicate multiplication. There are also different symbols for multiplication-including x and *. Which of the following does not indicate multiplication?

A.) to compute the top, find 15% of the bill

B.) to find how many cups of coffee you can still make, compute ounces per cup

C.) estimate how long it will take you to read a book if you can read 10 pages everyday

D.) if each student in a class needs 3 notebooks, what’s the total number of notebooks for everyone?

E.) find how many times you’d have to run around a standard track to cover 3 miles

Answer 1

The phrase that does not indicate multiplication is:

C.) estimate how long it will take you to read a book if you can read 10 pages every day.

This phrase does not involve multiplication because it only involves estimating the time required to read a book based on a fixed rate of reading (10 pages per day).