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Mental Math

Situation: You exercised 24 hours each month for a year. How many hours did you exercise by the end of the year? You may be able to do the math mentally thanks to expanded notation and the Distributive Property. Show work PLS

User Kuzand
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Answer:

288

Explanation:

There are 12 months in a year, so you add 24 12 times.

24 plus 24 is 48

48 plus 24 is 72

72 plus 24 is 96

96 plus 24 is 120

120 plus 24 is 144

144 plus 24 is 168

168 plus 24 is 192

192 plus 24 is 216

216 plus 24 is 240

120 plus 24 is 244

244 plus 24 is 288

my head hurt after this haha

User ThorngardSO
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Answer:

288 I think

Explanation:

24 hours each month. Each year has 12 months so 24x12=288

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