Asmall child makes 3 piles of blocks in a room. each pile has 4 blocks. in another room, he makes 6 more piles of blocks. these piles also have 4 blocks each. to count the total number of blocks, his sister counts that there are 3 times 4, or 12 blocks, in one room and 6 times 4, or 24 blocks, in the other room for a total of 36 blocks. using the distributive property, what is another way she could have counted the blocks?

In a recent basketball game between the storm and the chargers, the number of points scored by the storm in the first half was equal to the number of points scored by the chargers in the second half of the game. in the first half, the storm scored 64 points, which is one - third of the total points that were scored during the game. during the second half, the chargers scored 16 points more than one - fourth the points scored in the game. you want to know how many total points that were scored during the game. 1. write an equation that models this situation. then, solve the equation. 2. how many total points were scored during the game? explain your reasoning. 3. does your answer make sense? justify your reasoning.

Louise measured the perimeter of her rectangular scrapbook to be 154 cm. if the scrapbook is 45 cm wide, how long is the scrapbook?

How many different three-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1 comma 2 comma 9 comma 6 comma 4 comma 3 comma and 8 without repetition? for example, 664 is not allowed.