Question

beth's mother cut some melons into equal slices she put 4 slices each on 8 plates write a multiplication sentence to show the total number of melon slices she put on the plates

Answer 1

4 x 8 is the answer. The answer the is 32. Which means in total there was 32 slices of melon, with 8 on each plate.   

Answer 2

4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4 x 4