Question

The students in the Go Green club started a school recycling program. In

September, the students collected 86 pounds of paper and 18 pounds of cars to
recycle. For October, their goal is to collect three times the amount of paper and
five times the amount of cans they collected in September
of the club meets its goal, how many total pounds of paper and cans will the
students collect in September and October combined?
Show your work.

Answer 1

452

Explanation:

Paper for Sept = 86

Cans for Sept = 18

Paper for Oct = (86 × 3) = 258

Paper for Oct = (18 × 5) = 90

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Total can and paper for sept & oct = 452 lbs