Question

Joan has a cafe. Each day, she bakes 24 muffins. She gives away 3 and sells the rest. Each day, she also bakes 36 bagels. she gives away 4 and sells the rest. Write an expression to represent the total number of muffins and bagels Joan sells in 5 days. Then evaluate the expression to find the total amount of muffins and bagels Joan sells in 5 days.

Answer 1

(24+36)×5 First you do whatever is in the parentheses first which would be 60. Next you would multiply it by 5 which is 5 days. It is 500. Joan sells 500 muffins and bagels in a day.