Question

A luggage cabin can hold only 3 bags. How many bags can 26 such cabins hold?

Answer 1

Let us find the total number of bags.

$\bullet$ Number of bags a luggage cabin can hold $=3$
$\bullet$ Number of cabins $=26$

$\bullet$ Total number of bags $=\text{Number of bags in each cabin}\times \text{Number of cabins}$
$=3\times 26$

$\bullet$ $3\times 26$ means 3 lots of 26. We know that $26=20+6$.
$\bullet$ Hence, 3 lots of 26 means 3 lots of 20 and 3 lots of 6.

Let us represent this using rods and blocks.

Total number of bags = 78 bags

Hence, option C is the correct answer.