Question

There are 8 candies in a pack. If Andy buys $2$ such packs, which of the following equations can we use to calculate the total number of candies bought by Andy?
Note: There can be more than one correct answer.

• A. $2\times 8$
• B. $8+8$
• C. $8÷2$
• D. $8+2$

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

$8+8$

There are $2$ packs of $8$ candies each, which means there are $2$ groups of $8$ objects. To find the total number of candies, we can use repeated addition or multiplication

$8+8=16$
And, $2\times 8=16$
So, we can use the equations
$2\times 8$ and $8+8$ to calculate the total number of candies bought by Andy.