Question

A pet store kept their hamsters in cages with 6 per cage. For their Christmas sale they put out 6 cages and end

up selling ait but 9 hamsters. How many hamsters did they sell during their Christmas sale?

Answer 1

The answer would be 27

Explanation:

If it is 6 per cage that would mean it is 6 times 6 (since they put out 6 cages) which is 36. They sold all but 9. The question is askin how many hamsters did they sell. So you would do 36-9 which is 27