The fifth grade class at Rosa Parks Elementary School is holding a food drive. Half the students in Ms. Perez's class collected 12 cans each, two students didn't collect any, and the remaining 13 students students each collected 4 cans. If Ms. Perez's class has 30 students, how many cans did they collect total? Give me reasons, before answering the question
Then find how many students in Ms. Perez's class collected 12 cans each: 30 students / 2 = 15 students. Then find how many cans the students who collected 12 cans each collected in total: 15 students * 12 cans / student = 180 cans. Then find how many cans the students who collected 4 cans each collected in total: 13 students * 4 cans / student = 52 cans. Then add both amounts of cans to find the total: 180 cans + 52 cans = 232 cans. So the final answer is 232.