Which problem can be solved by performing this multiplication?

45×58

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Natalie needs 45 cup of flour. She only has 58 cup of flour. How much more flour does she need?
Natalie needs 4 over 5 cup of flour. She only has 5 over 8 cup of flour. How much more flour does she need?

Min measured 45 inch of string. Min then measured another 58 inch of string. How many inches of string did he measure in all?
Min measured 4 over 5 inch of string. Min then measured another 5 over 8 inch of string. How many inches of string did he measure in all?

Four-fifths of a group of students play a sport. Five-eighths of the students who play a sport play soccer. What fraction of the entire group of students plays soccer?
Four-fifths of a group of students play a sport. Five-eighths of the students who play a sport play soccer. What fraction of the entire group of students plays soccer?

Four out of 5 people drank a bottle of water. Each bottle contained 58 pint of water. How much water did they all drink?
Four out of 5 people drank a bottle of water. Each bottle contained 5 over 8 pint of water. How much water did they all drink?

1 answer

The problem that can be solved by performing the multiplication \( 45 \times 58 \) is:

Min measured 45 inches of string. Min then measured another 58 inches of string. How many inches of string did he measure in all?

This quantitative problem involves adding two whole numbers (45 and 58); however, the multiplication could represent a larger context, such as repeated measurement or scaling. In various word problems, multiplying whole numbers is common for finding total quantities.