There are 39 members in a marching band for a food drive each member must bring 3 cans of fruit and 5 cans of soup how many cans is this in all

The Answer is 312 - - this is because, as we want know the total amount of cans, you add 5 + 3 which gives you 8. yoy can then times that by the members (39) to give you 312 which is the total