To fill in the blanks, we can analyze the equation step by step:
First, we have:
- 14 = 10 + 4
Next, we break down the multiplication:
- (10 + 4) x 3 becomes (10 x 3) + (4 x 3).
Now, we calculate the parts:
- 10 x 3 = 30
We need to find 4 x 3:
- 4 x 3 = 12.
So, we can fill in the blanks:
- 14 = 10 + 4
- (10 x 3) + (4 x 3)
- 30 + 12 = 42.
The filled in sentence is:
- 14 = 10 + 4
- (10 + 4) x 3 = (10 x 3) + (4 x 3)
- 30 + 12 = 42.