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title: "Multiplying Bigger Numbers"
description: "Math story: We split it up: 10 times 14 is 140, and 5 times 14 is 70. 140 plus 70 is 210 chairs. 24 crates with 12 bottles each: how many bottles?"
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# Multiplying Bigger Numbers

Math story 80 · Word problems · Grade 4 · 0:38

## Read the story

For the school fair we set up 15 rows with 14 chairs each.

We split it up: 10 times 14 is 140, and 5 times 14 is 70.

140 plus 70 is 210 chairs.

**24 crates with 12 bottles each: how many bottles?**

## Answer and working

Correct! 20 times 12 is 240, 4 times 12 is 48. That's 288 bottles.

`24 × 12 = 288`