math help for kids

Question

my son has homework and the question he is stuck on is keira bought 5 boxes of donuts in each box there are 37 donuts how many donuts does keira have ? And i am having trouble explaining it to him can you please help me explain it to my son

Answer 1

Hi there! I am happy to help! My name is Nicole. Let's first start by looking at the math problem and picking out the parts that are math related.

keira bought 5 boxes of donuts in each box there are 37 donuts how many donuts does keira have?

What you want to do is see that there are two numbers. We have 5 boxes, which is part of the answer and then each box has 37 donuts which is the other part of the answer.

So, if one box has 37 donuts in it, we know that we have 37 donuts in that box. But now we also know that we have 5 boxes. What we're going to do is multiply 37 and 5 together to get our answer.

Let's write down 37 x 5 = ?

Now, I will say I do not know how to do this common core way, so I will explain this the way I was taught how to do multiplication. First, let's multiply 7 and 5. That gives us 35. Next, we will write the 5 under the 7 and the 5, and carry the 3 to the 3 because that 3 is an additional number we need to solve the problem. Next, let's multiply 5 and 3, that gives us 15, but we also have to add the 3 from before. Now that gives us 18. Let's write the 18 next to the 5 below and that gives us 185.

So now we can say that Keira has 185 donuts. We figured this out by multiplying 37 and 5 together.

Let me know if this approach helps!

Answer 2

To get the total number of donuts, you need to multiply the number of boxes by the number of donuts per box.

(5 boxes) x (37 donuts per box) = 5 x 37 donuts = ? donuts

Answer 3

Hi there,

I am not sure of the grade level but, you could draw 5 boxes and show him that each box represents the boxes of donuts.

Then you could write the number 37 on each box and tell him that each one has 37 donuts inside (maybe pretend that the boxes are closed so the donuts don't get dirty!).

You could then show him to add:

37 + 37 + 37 + 37 + 37 = 185 donuts inside all the boxes

Next present the situation as 37 donuts, 5 times and write:

37 x 5 = 185 donuts

Hope this helps!