Quincy's family is going to get a hamster, but first they need to buy the supplies. The pet store has 3 cages and 5 kinds of wood shavings to cover the floor of the cage. How many different ways can Quincy's family set up a home for their hamster?____ ways
Q. Quincy's family is going to get a hamster, but first they need to buy the supplies. The pet store has 3 cages and 5 kinds of wood shavings to cover the floor of the cage. How many different ways can Quincy's family set up a home for their hamster?____ ways
Identify Choices: Identify the number of choices for each category.Quincy's family has 3 choices for cages and 5 choices for kinds of wood shavings.
Use Principle: Use the fundamental counting principle.To find the total number of different ways to set up the hamster's home, multiply the number of choices for cages by the number of choices for wood shavings.Total ways = Number of cage choices × Number of wood shaving choicesTotal ways = 3×5
Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the total number of different ways.Total ways = 3×5=15
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