Question 724082: Jen is baking Valentine's Day treats. (Which would actually never happen because she can't cook.) She made 32 brownies, and even bought speical Valentine's plates to put them on. (Which would also never happen because she is also lazy.) Each plate holds 6 brownies. If she wants to bring all of the brownies to school, how mnay plates would she need?
Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jen never made a great effort to memorize those dreaded times tables, to the outrage of her teachers and parents. Neither did I, so I understand.
Jen does not need to do calculations very often, so multiplication results have not become ingrained in her mind from repeated use, as happened to me over long years of schooling and work.
So, Jen may grab pencil and paper and start building from scratch the times table she needs:
1 plate would hold: 1 plate X 6 brownies per plate = 6 brownies
2 plates would hold: 2 plates X 6 brownies per plate = 12 brownies
3 plates would hold: 3 plates X 6 brownies per plate = 18 brownies
4 plates would hold: 4 plates X 6 brownies per plate = 24 brownies
5 plates would hold: 5 plates X 6 brownies per plate = 30 brownies
6 plates would hold: 6 plates X 6 brownies per plate = 36 brownies
Jen stops here, and thinks.
If she uses 5 plates, she could bring those 5 plates, holding 30 brownies to school. She would have 2 brownies left over that she could bring in her pockets (or maybe even in her stomach). Or she could bring those 2 brownies left over on another plate, using a total of  .
Jen decides to bring the brownies using 6 plates.
That last plate looks kind of empty with just 2 brownies, so she adds a handful of pink foil wrapped Hershey kisses to it, and at the same time rewards herself for all the hard work by popping two of those kisses into her mouth.
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