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? *

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  $4,742

Step-by-step 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.

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.