Question

A crate contains 4 barrels of red herring. A barrel holds about 1000 herring. If each barrel weighs 320 pounds, how much do the barrels in the crate weigh in all?

Answer 1

320 x 4 = 1,280. They weigh 1,280 pounds in total. Good luck!

Answer 2

They weigh 1280 pounds in total.

Explanation:

Each barrel weighs 320. There are 4 barrels in a crate. That means:

320+320+320+320=The Weight of The Crate

In other words, that means:

320×4=1280