Question

The Adventure club went on a hike to see a waterfall. To get to the hike, the club members took 5 cars and 3 vans. Each car had 4 people and there were 7 people in each van. How many people went on the hike ?A) 11 people B) 25 people C) 34 people D) 41 people

Answer 1

You know that:

- They took 5 cars and each car had 4 people.

- They took 3 vans and each van had 7 people.

Then, you can set up the following expression:

$(5)(4)+(3)(7)$

Now you to solve the Multiplications:

$=20+21$

And finally, you can solve the Addition:

$=41$

Therefore, the answer is: Option D.