Robin has 41 packages of gum and 43 packages of candy. There are 6 pieces in each package. How many pieces of gum does Robin have?
There are 41 packages of gum and 43 packages of candy. 
There are 6 pieces in each package. 

We need to find out how many pieces of gum Robin has. 

We can use multiplication to find this out: 

41 packages of gum x 6 pieces in each package = 246 pieces of gum