Question

Ruben wrote this expression to describe the number of points he scored in a basketball game.



2 × s



Which situation could be described by this expression?









A.
Ruben knows he scored a total of 2 points in a game. He does not know how many baskets he made.







B.
Ruben knows he scored a total of 2 points in a game. He does not know how many points each basket was worth.







C.
Ruben knows each basket is worth 2 points. He does not know how many baskets he made.

Answer 1

in algebra we usually leave out the x (for multiply) or if we want to show multiply we use a dot, because x is used for a variable name.

in this case I assume they mean
2s (which means 2 times s)

and that is the number of points he scored.

2s is not the same as just "2"
so we can't say he scored 2 points in the game. Cross off any choice that says he scored 2 points in the game

Answer 2

C