Question

dave uses milk from goats on his farm to make soap. he can fit two bars of soap side by side on the bottom of this box. dave can make two more layers like the one shown to fill the box. how many bars of soap will fill the box?

Explanation:

Step1: Determine number of soaps per layer

He can fit 2 bars side - by - side on the bottom and can make 2 more layers on top of the bottom layer, so there are 3 layers in total. Each layer has 2 soaps.

Step2: Calculate total number of soaps

Multiply the number of soaps per layer (2) by the number of layers (3). The expression is $2\times3$.
$2\times3 = 6$

Answer:

6