Question

A can of sardines costs 16.75. A can of pork and beans cost 21.50. What is the total cost for 10 cans each?

What are the given facts?
What is asked in the problem?
What are the operations to be used?
What is the number sentence?
What is the answer to the problem?

Answer 1

given facts:
- can of sardines costs 16.75
-can of pork and beans cost 21.50



asked in the problem:
the total cost for 10 cans each


operations to be usedmultiplication and addition
number sentence
ten cans of sardines and ten cans of pork and beans(10 * 16.75) + (10 * 21.5)

answer to the problem

(10 * 16.75) + (10 * 21.5) =167.5 + 215 = 382.5

Answer 2

You'll have to do two multiplications:

16.75 x 10 = 167.5 cost for 10 sardine cans.
21.50 x 10 = 215 cost for 10 pork and beans cans.