Question

A basket has 36 wristbands. There are 9 such baskets. How many total wristbands are there in all?

Answer 1

Let us use the distributive property.

$\bullet$ Wristbands in 1 basket $=36$
$\bullet$ Number of baskets $=9$
$\bullet$ Total wristbands = $\text{Wristbands in 1 basket}\times \text{Number of baskets}$
$\bullet$ $=36\times 9$
Let us split 36 as $30+6$.

$\bullet$ Total number of wristbands $=(30+6)\times 9$
$=(30\times 9)+(6\times 9)$
$=270+54$
$=324$

$\bullet$ There are a total of 324 wristbands.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.