Question

If you were to distribute all the candies that you have among your 4 friends such that each friend gets 12 candies, then how many candies did you have?

• A. 16
• B. 24
• C. 36
• D. 48

Answer 1

The correct option is D 48

There are 4 friends and each of them gets 12 candies.
So, total number of candies = 4 × 12

$04\times \underset{–}{12}\underset{–}{48}$

Therefore, the number of candies you had = 48


Alternately,
We know, multiplication is repeated addition.
So, 4 × 12 is nothing but 12 + 12 + 12 + 12.
But,
12 + 12 + 12 + 12
= 10 + 2 + 10 + 2 + 10 + 2 + 10 + 2
= 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
= 40 + 8
= 48