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.

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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.

vince · Accepted Answer

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

Ms. Sue · Answer

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.

Phoebe · Answer

Ok, yea I got the same answer as Vince. Thanks ms.sue and vince

Ms. Sue · Answer

Did you add all of those numbers together?