Question

There are 8 rooms in a house. Each room has 2 doors. Each door has 3 handles at each door. How many total handles are there?

• A. 24
• B. 16
• C. 32
• D. 48

Answer 1

The correct option is D 48

Number of handles on each door = 3
Number of doors in each room = 2
Number of rooms in the house = 8

Number of handles in each room = 2 × 3
= 6 handles

Number of handles in the house = 6 × 8
= 6 × (3 + 5)
= (6 × 3) + (6 × 5)
= 18 + 30
= 48

Thus, there are 48 handles in the house.