Question

Jasmine filled her bag with 12 strawberries. George filled his bag with 6 times as many strawberries as jasmine. How many strawberries are in George's bag?

Answer 1

There are 72 strawberries in George's bag.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of strawberries in jasmine bag = 12

We need to find Number of strawberries in George's bag.

Solution:

Now given that;

George filled his bag with 6 times as many strawberries as jasmine.

So we can say that;

Number of strawberries in George bag is equal to 6 multiplied by number of strawberries in Jasmine bags.

framing in equation form we get;

Number of strawberries in George bag =
`6*12 = 72`

Hence There are 72 strawberries in George's bag.

Answer 2

There are 72 strawberries in George's bag.

Explanation:

Given:

Jasmine filled her bag with 12 strawberries. George filled his bag with 6 times as many strawberries as jasmine.

Now, to find the number of strawberries are in George's bag.

Number of strawberries in Jasmine bag = 12.

George filled his bag with 6 times as many strawberries as jasmine.

So, number of strawberries of George's bag is:

`12* 6`

`=72.`

Therefore, there are 72 strawberries in George's bag.