SOLUTION: There is one bus driver, two coaches, and three teams, each with four dancer going to a competition. Todd wrote an expression 1+2+3×4 to represent the people on the bus and solves

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Question 1167257: There is one bus driver, two coaches, and three teams, each with four dancer going to a competition. Todd wrote an expression 1+2+3×4 to represent the people on the bus and solves it using the following steps:
1+2+3×4 =3+3×4 =6×4 =24
1. Todd concluded that 24 people will be on the bus. There is a mistake that Todd made when solving the expression.
2. How could Todd write the expression if t represented the number of teams?
3. How would the expression differ if there two coaches for each team?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52921) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I think that it is not a productive way to learn  (to study)  Math by analyzing stupid errors of stupid pupils.

Especially so stupid and absolutely artificial errors as it is shown in this post.


In opposite to learning by errors of  SMART people,  which may be productive,  to some degree.



Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bus capacity?
How many members in 1 team?
What kind of team? Sports, or are these just "dancers"?

Assuming team composed on dancers
count of people for this bus, 1%2B2%2B3%2A4=15.
Do the multiplications before doing any additions.