Jason is organizing the silverware drawer. He has 8 spoons.

Question

There are twice as many forks as spoons. There are 34
as many knives as forks.
How many knives does Jason have? You can use reasoning to solve the problem.

Answer 1

Let's first determine how many forks Jason has. We know he has 8 spoons and there are twice as many forks as spoons.

1. Calculate the number of forks: \[ \text{Number of forks} = 2 \times \text{Number of spoons} = 2 \times 8 = 16 \]

Next, we will find out how many knives he has. We know there are 34 knives for every fork.

2. Calculate the number of knives: \[ \text{Number of knives} = 34 \times \text{Number of forks} = 34 \times 16 \]

Now let's do the multiplication: \[ 34 \times 16 = 544 \]

Therefore, Jason has 544 knives.