Question

gabriel draws a picture of a tiger and a zebra. the tiger has 9 stripes. the zebra has 3 times as many stripes as the tiger. how many stripes does the zebra have? tiger 9 zebra 9 9 9 s let s stand for the number of stripes the zebra has. complete the equation to represent the problem. s = ?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the relationship

The zebra has 3 times as many stripes as the tiger. The tiger has 9 stripes. So we need to multiply the number of tiger's stripes by 3 to get the zebra's stripes.

Step2: Form the equation

Let \( s \) be the number of zebra's stripes. Then \( s = 3\times9 \) (or \( s = 9\times3 \)).

Answer:

\( s = 3 \times 9 \) (or \( s = 9 \times 3 \), the first box is 3 (or 9), the operation is \(\times\), the second box is 9 (or 3))