Question

Marley loves to draw and color. She bought 6 boxes of crayons. There are 8 crayons in each box. What is the total number of crayons Marley bought? What operation did you use to find your answer? Be sure to write your answer in a complete sentence.

Answer 1

marley has 48 crayons he bought

step by step equation:

6 times 8 =48

you use multiplication to answer this question

Answer 2

48 crayons

Explanation:

There are 6 boxes total, each with 8 crayons in them. Notice that if you would count all the crayons, you would add 8 to the total number of crayons each time you counted a box. There are 6 boxes, so that would be equivalent to adding 8 a total of six times. You would use multiplication: 6 x 8 which is 48.