At the state fair you buy for combo meals for you and your three friends each meal comes with three chicken tenders in two fried Oreos how many chicken tenders and fried Oreos do you buy altogether? How could you set up and solve this problem using the distributive property
To solve this problem using the distributive property, we need to multiply the number of combo meals by the number of chicken tenders and fried Oreos in each meal, and then add them together.
If each combo meal comes with 3 chicken tenders and 2 fried Oreos, and you buy 4 combo meals, you would multiply:
4 combo meals x (3 chicken tenders + 2 fried Oreos)
Using the distributive property, we distribute the 4 to each term inside the parentheses:
(4 x 3 chicken tenders) + (4 x 2 fried Oreos)
This simplifies to:
12 chicken tenders + 8 fried Oreos
So, altogether you would buy 12 chicken tenders and 8 fried Oreos.
To find the total number of chicken tenders and fried Oreos, you can multiply the number of combo meals by the number of chicken tenders and fried Oreos that each combo meal contains.
Let's break down the problem step-by-step:
1. Determine the number of combo meals: In this case, you bought four combo meals.
2. Count the number of chicken tenders per combo meal: Each combo meal comes with three chicken tenders.
3. Calculate the total number of chicken tenders: Multiply the number of combo meals (4) by the number of chicken tenders per combo meal (3): 4 x 3 = 12 chicken tenders.
4. Count the number of fried Oreos per combo meal: Each combo meal comes with two fried Oreos.
5. Calculate the total number of fried Oreos: Multiply the number of combo meals (4) by the number of fried Oreos per combo meal (2): 4 x 2 = 8 fried Oreos.
Therefore, you would buy a total of 12 chicken tenders and 8 fried Oreos altogether.
Using the distributive property to solve this problem would involve breaking down each combo meal into its individual components and then performing multiplication. For example, you could express the total number of chicken tenders as (3 + 3 + 3 + 3) and the total number of fried Oreos as (2 + 2 + 2 + 2). By simplifying these expressions, you would get 12 chicken tenders and 8 fried Oreos, just as we calculated above.
To solve this problem using the distributive property, let's break it down step by step:
1. First, we need to determine the number of combo meals you bought. You mentioned buying four combo meals for you and your three friends. So the number of combo meals is 4.
2. Each combo meal consists of three chicken tenders and two fried Oreos. We need to calculate the total number of chicken tenders and fried Oreos for all the combo meals.
3. The distributive property states that when we need to multiply a number by each term inside parentheses, we distribute the multiplication to each term separately.
Let's solve this problem using the distributive property:
Number of chicken tenders per combo meal = 3
Number of fried Oreos per combo meal = 2
Total number of chicken tenders = Number of chicken tenders per combo meal * Number of combo meals
= 3 * 4
= 12
Total number of fried Oreos = Number of fried Oreos per combo meal * Number of combo meals
= 2 * 4
= 8
Therefore, you bought a total of 12 chicken tenders and 8 fried Oreos at the state fair.