Question

A pound of chocolate costs 7 dollars. Keiko buys p pounds. Write an equation to represent the total cost c that keiko pays.

Answer 1

7xp=c

Explanation:

since you have to multiply p by 7. to get the answer is c. Take for example

7 x 3 =21

p=3

c=21

Answer 2

7 x p = c
You need to multiply the cost per pound by the pounds to find the total cost