Samantha says 1+1+1 =3 can not be writtin as a muliplication sentence because there are no equal groups. do you agree? explian?
I don't understand and my son did not bring his book home! Can u help please?
Thank you
That is not true
3 * 1 = 3
Doesn't 3 times 1 equal 3?
3 * 1 = 3
no because 3*1=3
Yes, I can help! Samantha's statement is correct. In a multiplication sentence, we have equal groups being multiplied together. In the given expression 1+1+1=3, we are simply adding the numbers together to get a sum of 3.
To write this as a multiplication sentence, we need to think about how many equal groups there are. For example, if we have 3 equal groups of 1, we can write it as 3 x 1 = 3. In this case, we are multiplying the number of groups (3) by the number in each group (1) to get the total (3).
However, in the original expression, we only have one group, which is 1+1+1. Since we don't have multiple equal groups, we can't write it as a multiplication sentence. Instead, we use addition to combine the numbers to get the sum.
I hope this clarifies things! Let me know if you have any further questions.