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Common core question please help!!!

Lisa has 42 pineapples, and Johnny has 6 marbles. How many shirts does Maria have!!??

User Valar
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She has 648 shirts.

Work:
Lisa has 42 pineapples. 4 + 2 = 6
Johnny has 6 marbles.
42 + 4 + 2 + 6 = 54
54 + 5 + 4 = 63
63 + 6 + 3 = 72
But 72 is a multiple of 6!
Let's go further:
72 * 6 = 432

Now let's look at the word 'shirt'.
The middle letter is I.
I is the 9th letter of the alphabet.
Remember the number 72?
72*9 = 648
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