Question

Each of the 17 gorillas at the nature preserve eats 45 pounds of food and day. Write an expression that models the amount of food all of the gorillas eat in a day. Then evaluate the expression to find how much food they eat.

Answer 1

17 gorillas x 45 lbs of food = total amount of food all of the gorillas eat in a day
17 x 45 = 765 lbs