Asked by Phoebe

Q. As a project,the fifth grade students at Scott Elementary School collected newspaper to recycle. During the first week, they collected 212 pounds of newspapers. For each of the next four weeks,they doubled the previous week's amount of the newspaper collected. What was the total number of th pounds of newspapers collected during the five weeks.

A. Do I divide 212 \ 4,and mulpite the answer with 5.
Answered by vince
The first week they collected 212 pounds
The second week, 424 pounds
The third week, 848 pounds
The fourth week, 1696 pounds
The fifth week, 3392 pounds

6572 pounds total
Answered by Ms. Sue
No.

Week 1 -- 212
Week 2 -- 424
Week 3 -- 848
Week 4 -- 1,696
Week 5 -- 3,392

Add those numbers together to find the total number of pounds collected.

Answered by Phoebe
Ok, yea I got the same answer as Vince. Thanks ms.sue and vince
Answered by Ms. Sue
Did you add all of those numbers together?
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