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title: "Balloon Bunches"
description: "Math story: Papa Rooster makes balloon bunches for the party. He makes 3 bunches. Each bunch has 4 balloons. How many balloons are there altogether?"
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# Balloon Bunches

Math story 29 · Multiplication · Grades 2–3 · 0:34

## Read the story

Papa Rooster makes balloon bunches for the party.

He makes 3 bunches.

Each bunch has 4 balloons.

**How many balloons are there altogether?**

## Answer and working

There are 12 balloons! Because 4 plus 4 plus 4 is 12. That is 3 times 4.

`3 × 4 = 12`