rule of counting

A company makes a puzzle that is made of 53 small plastic cubes. The puzzles are shipped in boxes that each contain 52 puzzles. That boxes are loaded into trucks that each contain 53 boxes. What is the total number of small plastic cubes in each truck? 1 truck has 53 boxes, and each box...

An ice cream shop carries 6 ice cream flavors, 3 sauces, and 4 toppings. If a sundae has one scoop of ice cream, one sauce, and one topping, how many different sundaes can be created? Using the rule of counting, we have: We have 6 possible ice cream flavors * 3 possible sauces * 4 possible...