At 2:00 pm, an ice cream store owner has already sold 32 ice cream cones. There are three families in line who each plan to buy 4 ice cream cones. The store owner thinks after these three families buy their ice cream, the total number of ice cream cones sold for the day will be about 20.

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To find the total number of ice cream cones the families in line will buy, the store owner should multiply 4 cones by 3 families to get
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The store owner should
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the number of cones already sold for the day.
The store owner's estimate of 20 total ice cream cones sold is
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.

Answer 1

To find the total number of ice cream cones the families in line will buy, the store owner should multiply 4 cones by 3 families to get 12 cones.
The store owner should subtract the number of cones already sold for the day.
The store owner's estimate of 20 total ice cream cones sold is a prediction or estimate.