Craig is arranging plates for a party.

He has 3 types of sandwich, 2 types of cake and 4 types of biscuit.
Which shows the number of possible combinations of sandwich, cake and biscuit on a plate?

A) (3*2) + (3*4) How do i work this out?
B) 3*2*4
C) (3*4) + (2*4)
D) 3+2+4
E) (2*3) + (2*4)

2 answers

You can think of it as sandwich, then cake then biscuit... that is ____, ____, _____ and you choose a sandwich THEN cake THEN biscuit so... ___ x___ x____ and we have 3 sanwiches, then 2 cakes then 4 biscuits...
3x4x2
I’m so sorry but it’s gibberish to me... 😅😭😖 I’m usually not this dim but I just don’t get these...