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# Seven Pears per Basket

Math story 46 · Multiplication · Grades 2–3 · 0:36

## Read the story

The pear tree is full of pears.

There are 3 baskets under the tree.

Each basket gets 7 pears.

**How many pears are there altogether?**

## Answer and working

There are 21 pears! Because 7 plus 7 plus 7 is 21. That is 3 times 7.

`3 × 7 = 21`