Jeanette is planning the menu for a dinner party. There are 6 appetizers and 3 main dishes to choose from. How many different meals can Jeanette serve?____ meals
Q. Jeanette is planning the menu for a dinner party. There are 6 appetizers and 3 main dishes to choose from. How many different meals can Jeanette serve?____ meals
Identify Choices: Identify the number of choices for each course.Jeanette has 6 appetizer options and 3 main dish options. To find the total number of different meal combinations, we need to multiply the number of appetizer options by the number of main dish options.
Calculate Combinations: Calculate the number of different meal combinations.The number of different meal combinations is 6 appetizers ×3 main dishes. So, we perform the multiplication: 6×3=18.
Verify Calculation: Verify the calculation to ensure there are no math errors.To verify, we can recount the combinations: for each appetizer, there are 3 different main dishes that can be paired with it. Since there are 6 appetizers, we have 6 groups of 3 main dish options, which confirms our multiplication: 6×3=18.