Lorenzo is purchasing a new shirt. The store has short-sleeve and long-sleeve shirts in 8 different colors. how many different shirts does Lorenzo have to choose from?

Question

Does each type of shirt have 8 different colors? or not?

Answer 1

If we assume that each of the 8 colors has both a long and a short sleeve option, that would mean that this is a multiplication problem. (8 shirt colors) x (2 options per color)= 16 total options.

If you need to see this a different way, you can assign colors and add how many total options.

White- 2

Red- 2

Black- 2

Blue- 2

Green- 2

Yellow- 2

Brown- 2

Orange- 2

When you add up all the 2's, you get 16.