Question 9. James and his little sister pay with shells and marbles in their play shop. Each shell has a value of 6 and each marble has a value of 1. Which of the following has a total value of 16? Let's start off by looking at all of our potential solutions. Beginning with A. We have 2 shells and 1 marble. So that is 6 plus 6 plus 1. Which gives us a sum of 13. That is not the answer. Then let's take a look at B. Which is 1 shell and 9 marbles. Which will give us a total of 15. That is not the solution. Then let's take a look at C. Which is 3 shells. So 6 plus 6 plus 6 gives us a sum of 18. That is not the solution. Solution D has 1 shell and 5 marbles. Which will be 6 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1. Which gives us 11. Also not the solution. Finally we have 2 shells and 4 marbles. Which is 6 plus 6 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1. Which does give us a total value of 16. So the answer is E.

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