Question

A waiter carried 6 baskets with 5 dinner rolls in each

basket. How many dinner rolls did he carry? Show
your work.

Answer 1

5x6=30

Each basket has five rolls so you have to do 5+5+5+5+5+5 which equals 30

Answer 2

30 dinner rolls

Explanation:

There are 5 dinner rolls per basket and there are 6 baskets

So there are 6 groups of 5:

5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5

In other words, multiply 5 and 6

5 dinner rolls x 6 = 30 dinner rolls