Question

Taylor used 2 cans of blue paint and 5 cans of yellow paint to decorate a wall. Each can contains 200 millilitres of paint.

Which explanation correctly tells how to calculate how many more millilitres of yellow paint than blue paint were used?


A.
Step 1 Divide: 200 ÷ 5.
Step 2 Divide: 200 ÷ 2.
Step 3 Add the quotients.


B.
Step 1 Divide: 200 ÷ 5.
Step 2 Divide: 200 ÷ 2.
Step 3 Subtract the quotients.


C.
Step 1 Multiply: 200 × 5.
Step 2 Multiply: 200 × 2.
Step 3 Subtract the products.


D.
Step 1 Multiply: 200 × 5.
Step 2 Multiply: 200 × 2.
Step 3 Add the products.

Answer 1

C.

Explanation:

200 X 5 = 1000

200 X 2 = 200

1000-200= 800.

Taylor uses 800 ml more of yellow paint compared the blue paint.