Parker is designing a new board game, and is trying to figure out all the possible outcomes. How many different possible outcome
s are there if he rolls a fair die in the shape of a pyramid that has four sides labeled 1 to 4, spins a spinner with three equal-sized sections labeled Walk, Run, Stop, and spins a spinner with 5 equal-sized sections labeled Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday?
The letter "x" is often used in algebra to mean a value that is not yet known. It is called a "variable" or sometimes an "unknown". In x + 2 = 7, x is a variable, but we can work out its value if we try!
