Sam has
18
employees on his staff. He gave
2
chocolate chip cookies and
5
peanut butter cookies to each employee. What is the total number of cookies he gave away?
18(2+5) = ?
To find the total number of cookies Sam gave away, we need to multiply the number of cookies he gave to each employee by the number of employees he has.
Sam gave each employee 2 chocolate chip cookies and 5 peanut butter cookies, so we add these two quantities:
2 + 5 = 7 cookies per employee.
Now we multiply the number of cookies per employee by the number of employees Sam has:
7 cookies/employee x 18 employees = 126 cookies.
Therefore, Sam gave away a total of 126 cookies.