Question

. Lisa, Bret, and Gary harvested apples.

Lisa filled 3 carts with apples. Bret also
filled 3 carts with apples. Gary filled
another 3 carts with apples. Write a
multiplication equation and a division
equation for this story.

Answer 1

Multiplication:

Lisa, Bret, and Gary harvested apples. If they each harvested 3 carts of apples, how many carts did they harvest in total?

--> 3 * 3 = 9 carts in total

Division:

Lisa, Bret, and Gary harvested apples. If all three of them harvested 9 carts of apples in total, how many carts did each person harvest.

--> 9 / 3 = 3 carts per person