John and Rebecca are making flags. They can choose from 4 background colors: Blue, Red, Yellow, and Orange. On top of that they want to see a leaf, which can be either Teal, Green, or White. How many different flags can they make?

There are 4 base colors, and 3 top colors.

Blue and teal

blue and green

blue and white

red and teal

red and green

red and white

yellow and teal

yellow and green

yellow and white

orange and teal

orange and green

orange and white

they can make a total of 12 different flags.