Problem Solving

 I used place value to solve a math question.

The question is: A candy store put 8 jars of lollies for a guessing competition. Each jar contained 76 lollies. How many lollies are there altogether?

First I highlighed the key numbers of the equation. They were: 8 and 76.

Next I made it into an math sentence it is: 8 x 76. Then I took the ones 8 and 36, and multipled them. This equals 46.

Then I multipled 8 and 70 to which equals 560. 46 + 560 equals 608.

 So in concusion there were 608 lollies.

This was sort of hard because I didn't really understand the question that much.