Calculate Gift Wrapping Rate: 7 Gifts/Hour × 20 Hours Problem

Question

If Sonia wraps 7 gifts per hour, then how many gifts does she wrap in 20 hours?

00:06 How many gifts can Sarah wrap in 20 hours?

00:10 We're given the number of gifts she wraps per hour, and the total number of hours.

00:15 To find the answer, we'll use long multiplication.

00:19 Let's solve each part of the multiplication. We'll then combine them in the long multiplication method.

00:29 And that's how we find the total gifts. Great job!

To determine how many gifts Sonia wraps in 20 hours when she wraps 7 gifts per hour, we will calculate as follows:

Step 1: Identify the rate: $7$ gifts per hour.
Step 2: Identify the time duration: $20$ hours.
Step 3: Use the formula: Total number of gifts = (Number of gifts per hour) × (Number of hours).
Step 4: Perform the calculation: $7 \text{ gifts/hour} \times 20 \text{ hours} = 140 \text{ gifts}$ .

Therefore, Sonia wraps $140$ gifts in 20 hours.

Comparing this result with the provided choices, we determine that the correct choice is: $140$ .

$140$