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You can use an array to help you understand
the problem.
Adam broke apart the columns (the number of cones
on each piñata).
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You can also use words and multiplication expressions to help you
understand the problem.
Having 8 piñatas with 7 cones is the same as having 8 groups of 5 cones
and 8 groups of 2 cones. You can write the multiplication three ways:
8x7 or 8x (5+2) or (8 x 5) + (8 x 2)