Question

Rodrigo placed 3 large stickers on each of 5 pages in the sticker book. then, he placed 6 small stickers on each of 5 pages. the expression 5x3x6 shows the total number of stickers he used. use the distributive property write this expression another way.

My answer is 5(3+6)
Is this right?

Answer 1

while 5(3+6) is correct, it does not equal 5x3x6.
It equals 5*3 + 5*6