Micaela and three of her friends volunteered to collect children’s books for the city’s homeless shelters. There are 4 homeless shelters in the area, and each shelter received 18 books. How many books did Micaela and her three friends collect altogether?(1 point)

Question

Responses

27
27

4.5
4.5

72
72

18

Answer 1

To find out how many books Micaela and her three friends collected altogether, you need to multiply the number of shelters by the number of books each shelter received.

There are 4 shelters, and each received 18 books:

\[ 4 \text{ shelters} \times 18 \text{ books/shelter} = 72 \text{ books} \]

So, Micaela and her friends collected a total of 72 books.

The correct answer is 72.