Maya loves to read books. Last week she read 5 books. Each book had 300 pages of text. This week she read twice as much. How many pages did Maya read in total?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Last week Maya read 5 * 300 = 1500 pages of text. This week she doubled the result, so she read 2 * 1500 = 3000 pages. In total Maya read 1500 + 3000 = 4500 pages of text.
Thus, the answer is 4500.