Asked by paisley

In this section, you’ll use grouping symbols and apply the distributive property to ensure expressions correctly represent real-world situations.

Your family has set up several prep stations inside the truck. Each station is stocked with tortillas, ready for assembling tacos and quesadillas.

There are 5 prep stations. Each station has 12 tortillas for tacos and 4 extra tortillas for quesadillas.

Which expression correctly groups the terms to represent the total number of tortillas?
Question 4 options:

5 × (12 + 4)

(5 × 12) × 4

(12 + 4) ÷ 5

5 × 12 × 4

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
5 × (12 + 4)

Reason: Each station has 12 + 4 = 16 tortillas, and there are 5 stations, so multiply 5 by the sum: 5 × (12 + 4) = 5×16 = 80. The other expressions give incorrect totals or don't represent "per station" grouping.