There are 8 plates. Jamie puts 9 strawberries on each plate. How many strawberries are on the plate?
You can do this in two ways.
You can draw 8 plates with 9 strawberries on each plate. Count the strawberries.
Do you see an easier way? What can you do (add, subtract, multiply, or divide) with those two numbers to get a reasonable answer?
8x9=72
Yes! You're right.
To find out how many strawberries are on the plates, you need to multiply the number of plates by the number of strawberries on each plate. In this case, there are 8 plates and 9 strawberries on each plate. So, to get the total number of strawberries, you can multiply 8 by 9.
The calculation would be: 8 x 9 = 72
Therefore, there are 72 strawberries on the plates.