Question

A pet store sold 2 birds. They sold 6 times as many turtles as they sold birds. How many turtles did they sell?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

"6 times as many birds..." in other words 6 x 2

Answer 2

The number of turtles that was sold by the pet store given the number of birds sold is 12.

How many turtles are sold?

Multiplication is a mathematical operation that involves determining the product of two or more numbers. The sign used to represent multiplication is x.

Number of turtles were sold = 2 x 6 = 12