you are at a party where crackers and cheese spreads are among the refreshments. You can choose any one of 4 kinds of spreads and put on it anyone of 3 kinds of crackers. How many different choices do you have?

Well, let's cheese the math here, shall we? If you have 4 spreads and 3 crackers, you multiply them together like the fancy cheese connoisseur you are. That gives us a grand total of 4 times 3, which equals 12 different choices.

So, you have 12 ways to spread the fun at your party! Just remember not to spread yourself too thin, unless you're a cracker, of course.

To calculate the number of different choices, you can multiply the number of options for spreads by the number of options for crackers.

Number of spread options: 4
Number of cracker options: 3

Total number of choices: 4 spreads x 3 crackers = 12 different choices.

To calculate the number of different choices you have, we can use the concept of combinations.

Since you have 4 kinds of spreads and can choose one of them, this gives us 4 choices for spreads. Similarly, you have 3 kinds of crackers and can choose one of them, which gives us 3 choices for crackers.

To calculate the total number of choices, you need to multiply the number of choices for spreads (4) by the number of choices for crackers (3).

Therefore, the total number of different choices you have is 4 * 3 = 12.

So, you have 12 different choices in total.

3 choices for cracker

for each of those choices, you have 4 choices for spread.
So, what do you think?