John had 5 bags of apples. There are 4 apples in each bag. How many apples are there?

2 Answers
Oct 22, 2016

#5xx 4 = 20# apples

Explanation:

With word problems, the difficult part is deciding which operation to do.

In #1# bag of apples there are #4# apples.

But John had #5# bags of apples. SO he had #5# times as many bags.

In #5# bags of apples there will be #5 xx 4 = 20# apples.

You can also think about this as

#1 " bag" + 1 " bag" + 1 " bag" + 1 " bag" + 1 " bag "# which means

#4" apples"+ 4" apples"+ 4 " apples"+ 4 " apples"+ 4" apples"#

=#20 # apples.

But multiplying is the short cut for repeated addition.

#5xx 4 = 20# apples

Oct 22, 2016

20

Explanation:

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5 x 4 = 20