Fred’s Car Dealership has a three-floor parking garage with cars for sale. Each floor has 3 rows of 5 compact cars and 4 rows of 8 sedans. Write an expression you can use to find the number of cars in Fred’s garage. Simplify the expression.
3*5 + 4*8 = ___
Not so hard, eh?
To find the number of cars in Fred's garage, we need to calculate the number of compact cars and sedans on each floor, and then sum them up.
On each floor, there are:
- 3 rows of 5 compact cars, which gives us 3 * 5 = 15 compact cars.
- 4 rows of 8 sedans, which gives us 4 * 8 = 32 sedans.
Since there are three floors, we can multiply the number of cars per floor by 3.
Total number of compact cars in the garage = 15 compact cars per floor * 3 floors = 45 compact cars.
Total number of sedans in the garage = 32 sedans per floor * 3 floors = 96 sedans.
To find the total number of cars in the garage, we add the number of compact cars and sedans:
Total number of cars in Fred's garage = 45 compact cars + 96 sedans.
Simplifying the expression:
Total number of cars in Fred's garage = 45 + 96 = 141 cars.