Q. John Brown elementary school Art Club was recycling paper towel tubes for their holiday crafts project. The school enrollment was 629 students. If the art club asked every student to bring 6 empty paper towel tubes to make the project. How many paper tubes will they need?
A. Do I divide 145 by 6 = 145? Or do I mulpite 145 mulpited by 6 = 870?
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What do you think? Which process will give you a reasonable answer?
Hmm, dividing?
145 divided by 6 = 24.16667
Do you really think the school needs only 24 tubes?
Do you really think the school needs only 24 tubes?
OH ! Multiplying?
Yes. You need to multiply.
Than is it 870?
Where did you get 145?
Oops, I don't know ,I mean 629 * 6
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