Arlo has a newspaper delivery job. he wants to wrap each of his newspapers in a plastic bag to protect them from the rain. the newspaper are inbundles. how many bags will he use for 5 bundles? number of bundles: 12 number of newspapers per bundle: 9
Arlo will use 45 plastic bags. There are 12 bundles in total but you are only asked how many plastic bags he will need to use for 5 of those 12 bundles. Therefore, since there are 9 newspapers per bundle, you multiply 9 and 5, giving you 45.
