Question

The local recycling center sends a truck to the school once a month to collect the paper that was recycled. Each month, the truck picks up 642.3 pounds of paper. How much would the truck pick up after 3 months? __

Answer 1

Answer: 1,926.9

Explain: If you ever come across a question that asks you how much a number would be after 2, 3, 4, 5, and so on.  All you have to do is multiply that first number with the second.

Example: if the gardener collects 20 carrots a week.  How many carrots did the gardener collect in a span of 5 weeks?

Simply just multiply 20 x 5 = 100.