WORD PROBLEMS C2

There are 13 buildings in our street. Each building has 5 families. How many families altogether?

Solution

This is a multiplication problem.

Each building can hold 5 families.

= 13 x 5

= 65

Hence there are 65 families altogether.

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There are 16 buildings in our street. Each building has 3 families. How many families altogether?