Question

Value-Mart had 2,371 customers last week. Each customer donated $2 to the food bank. How much money did Value-Mart raise for the food bank? *

Answer 1

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Answer:

$4,742

Explanation:

The total of donations is the product of the number of donations and the amount of each.

(2371 customers) × ($2/customer) = $(2371×2) = $4742

Value-mart raised $4,742 for the food bank last week.

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You could find the total donated by adding the 2371 donations. Multiplication was invented to make repeated addition easier. When the sum consists of 2371 instances of $2, we can find the total by multiplying $2 × 2371.