Question

Tiara's gym membership, which is $42, is deducted automatically from her bank account every month. Which expression shows the total deductions for the year?

A.(−$42) ÷ 12

B.(−$42) + 12

C.(−$42) − 12

D.(−$42) ⋅ 12

Answer 1

42 dollars is deducted every month. We want to know how much is deducted in a year.

How many months are there in a year?

Answer 2

12

Answer 3

and so 1 month is -42

negative because we deduct money

how much is 12 months?

Do we multiply, add, subtract, or divide?

Answer 4

what do we do with the numbers -42 and 12?

Do we multiply, add, subtract, or divide?

We're trying to find the cose of going to the gym for a year

Answer 5

cost*

Answer 6

Multiply

Answer 7

That's correct! So which answer choice shows multiplication?

Answer 8

Thank you

Answer 9

Anytime! :)