Question

Ms. Sims is putting away 22 books. She can put them on the table in stacks of 10 or as single books. What are the different ways Ms. Sims can put away the books?

Answer 1

She can put them on an empty shelf all together or individually sort them in there proper order

Answer 2

1)
`10+10+1+1=22`

2)
`10+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1=22`

Explanation:

Mrs. Sims has to put 22 books.

She can either put them in stacks of 10 or arrange them as single book(single stack).

There could be two ways in which she could arrange the books.

First way:

She could arrange the books in two stacks of 10 books (
`2*10=20` and the remaining two books can be arranged as single books.

So, the arrangement is
`10+10+1+1=22`

Second way:

She could arrange books in one stack of 10 books and and remaining twelve books can be arranged as single books.

So, the arrangement is
`10+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1=22`