Six men have 6 bags each. In each bag, there are 6 cats; each cat has 6 kittens. How many legs are there in all?
Answer
6,060
Here is how you get the answer:
You go 62 for the men’s legs, so it is 12. Put that number off to the side. Then you go 66 for the bags, so it is 36. You go 366 for the number of cats and that is 216. You then take 2164 for the legs, and then you should get 864 (now put that number off to the side).
You now take 2166 (1296) for the number of kittens and, then 12964 and you should get 5,184 for the kittens legs (keep that number). Because you already multiplied the legs together you don’t have to do it again.
Now here is how you get 6,060:
5,184 + 864 + 12 = 6,060
Did you get it yet?