An office supply store sells 128 pens in each bag. A business bought 9 bags of pens one month and 7 bags of pens the next month. How many pens total did the business buy? (1 point) Responses 2,304 pens 2,304 pens 2,048 pens 2,048 pens 6,712 pens

Answer 1

To find the total number of pens the business bought, we first need to calculate the total number of bags purchased and then multiply that by the number of pens in each bag.

The business bought:

• 9 bags of pens in the first month
• 7 bags of pens in the second month

Total bags = 9 + 7 = 16 bags

Each bag contains 128 pens.

Now, we can calculate the total number of pens: Total pens = Total bags × Pens per bag Total pens = 16 bags × 128 pens/bag = 2,048 pens

So, the business bought a total of 2,048 pens.