Question

Monique bought 3 boxes of cereal at the grocery store. Each box of cereal costs c dollars. Which equation represents the total amount of money, t, Monique spent on cereal?

Answer 1

3c = t

3 is the amount of boxes, c is the money, therefore, it is 3c=t, which means c times the number of boxes equals t

Answer 2

3c = t

Explanation:

3 cereal boxes is 3c and the total is t. so 3c = t