Question

Which strategy could be used to solve 14 × 32? A. (14 × 3) + (14 × 2) = B. (14 + 3) + (14 + 2) = C. (4 × 32) + (10 × 32) = D. (4 + 32) + (10 + 32) =

Answer 1

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The answer is C.
14 × 32 = (4 × 32) + (10 × 32) = 128 + 320 = 448

In the first step we splitted 14 up into two different parts that are easily multipliable. These two parts are 4 and 10. She must multiply 32 first by 4 and then we must multiply 32 by 10. This way we multiplied it a total of 14 times, just as we should.
14 × 32 = (4 × 32) + (10 × 32)