Ms.whittier wrote the following on the board:the product of 6 and the sum of 4 and 5.sherry wrote the following expression,6x4+5.did she write the correct expression?why or why not.
No because a product is the answer to a multiplication or division problem and 6 can't be the multiple in a problem if its the product or answer.
I really don’t know but how I read I really think that a product it’s an answer to a multiplication or division so 6 can’t be multiple.
No , because a product is the answer to a multiplication or division problem , and 6 can't be a multiple in a problem if it's the product or answer
To determine whether Sherry wrote the correct expression based on Ms. Whittier's description, we need to break down the given information.
Ms. Whittier's description states that we should find the product of 6 and the sum of 4 and 5. Let's analyze this step by step:
The sum of 4 and 5 is 9.
Now, we need to find the product of 6 and 9.
The product of 6 and 9 is 54.
Given this analysis, the correct expression would be 6 * (4 + 5) or 6 * 9, which evaluates to 54.
Now, let's compare this solution to what Sherry wrote:
Sherry wrote the expression 6x4 + 5.
By looking at Sherry's expression, we can see that she used the multiplication sign (x) to represent the product and then added 4 and 5. However, this is not the correct expression based on Ms. Whittier's description.
To rewrite the correct expression, Sherry should have used parentheses to ensure the correct order of operations. Therefore, the correct expression would be 6 * (4 + 5) or simply 6 * 9, which equals 54.
In conclusion, Sherry did not write the correct expression, as she did not use parentheses to indicate the sum of 4 and 5 before multiplying by 6.