9.4 The Associative Property

There are 5 apples. Troy cuts each apple into 2 pieces. Beth cuts each piece into 4 slices. What is the total number of apple slices?

Hint: 5 x 2 x 4 =

____ slices

Troy and Beth each cut 2 bananas into 4 pieces. What is the total number of banana pieces.

Hint: 2 x 2 x 4 =

_____ pieces

Mary bought 4 packs of water. There were 6 bottles in each pack. If each bottle cost $2, how much did Mary spend on water?

Hint: 4 x 6 x 2 =

$_______

Jamal and Brianna each bought 3 oranges. They sliced each orange into 6 pieces. How many orange slices did Jamal and Brianna have altogether?

Hint: 2 x 3 x 6 =

______ orange slices

2 x 4 x 6 =

4 x 2 x 3 =

4 x 1 x 3 =

2 x 3 x 3 =

6 x 2 x 2 =

2 x 3 x 2 =