When Maggie goes on birding watching trips, she sees at least 45 birds. She has taken 12 birds watching trips a year over the past 16 years. many birds has Maggie seen?
Fill in the blanks:
12 X 16 = 192
192 X 45= 192 X ( ___ + ___)
=(192 X ___) + (192 X ___) + (192 X ___)
= _____ + _____ + ______
= ______
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12 x 16 = 192 (This is the number of bird watching trips Maggie has taken over the past 16 years)
192 x 45 = 192 x (___ + ___) (This equation is used to find the total number of birds Maggie has seen)
To simplify this equation, we can distribute the 192 to both terms inside the parentheses:
= (192 x ____) + (192 x ____) + (192 x ____)
Now we need to find the values to fill in the blanks:
The blanks inside the parentheses represent the number of bird watching trips Maggie has taken each year. Since she takes 12 trips per year, we can substitute 12 into the blanks:
= (192 x 12) + (192 x 12) + (192 x 12)
Now we can simplify the equation:
= 2304 + 2304 + 2304
= 6912
Therefore, Maggie has seen 6912 birds.