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There are 9 boys and 12 girls in a class. The teacher needs to create groups with three members for their class activity. How many groups are formed? The class has 9 boys and 12 girls, making a total of 21 students. To form groups of three members each, the number of groups that can be created is calculated by dividi...
Telegraph Road goes through multiple states and is 162 kilometers long. Pardee Road is 12000 meters long. How many kilometers longer is Telegraph Road than Pardee Road? First, I need to find the difference in length between Telegraph Road and Pardee Road, but the units are different: Telegraph is in kilometers, and P...
Alison has half as much money as Brittany. Brittany has 4 times as much money as Brooke. Brooke has twice as much money as Kent. If Kent has $1,000, how much money does Alison have? Alison has half as much money as Brittany, Brittany has four times as much as Brooke, and Brooke has twice as much as Kent. Kent has $1,...
Simon has 20% more legos than Bruce, who has 20 more than Kent. If Kent has 40 legos, how many does Simon have? Simon has 20% more legos than Bruce, who has 20 more than Kent. Kent has 40 legos. First, we need to find Bruce's legos. <Parallel> <Path> Bruce has 20 more than Kent. Kent has 40, so Bruce has 40 + 20 =...
Layla is training for a bicycle race. She rode her bicycle slowly to the high school, rode four miles around the running track at her faster, race pace, and then rode back home, slowly, on the same route. If her total mileage was 10 miles, how far is it, in miles, from Layla's house to the high school? Layla rode to ...
Rebecca bought 22 items for her camping trip, including tent stakes, packets of drink mix, and bottles of water. She bought 3 times as many packets of drink mix as tent stakes. She also bought 2 more bottles of water than she did tent stakes. How many tent stakes did she buy? Rebecca bought 22 items in total, incl...
A porcelain vase was originally priced at $200 but went on sale for 25% off. If Donna bought the porcelain vase and paid 10% sales tax, how much did she pay in total? First, the problem involves finding the total amount Donna paid for a vase originally priced at $200 with a 25% discount, followed by a 10% sales tax. ...
Paolo has 14 coconuts, while Dante has thrice as many coconuts as Paolo. If Dante sold 10 of his coconuts, how many coconuts did he have left? Paolo has 14 coconuts. Dante has thrice as many as Paolo, so we first find Dante's initial number of coconuts. <Parallel> <Path>Calculate 3 times 14 to find Dante's initial c...
The mayor commissioned two artists to paint 50 murals around the city. Once the work was completed, Celina was paid $1,000 more than 4 times the amount Diego got. If the mayor paid the two a total of $50,000, how much did Diego get? Let D be the amount Diego got. Celina was paid $1,000 more than 4 times Diego's amou...
Toby is making toast and adding peanut butter to it. He wants to make sure he has 500 calories for breakfast. A piece of bread has 100 calories. A serving of peanut butter has 200 calories. If he has one piece of bread, how many servings of peanut butter should he add? Toby wants 500 calories for breakfast with one p...
Sam has 3 German Shepherds and 4 French Bulldogs. Peter wants to buy 3 times as many German Shepherds as Sam has and 2 times as many French Bulldogs as Sam has. How many dogs does Peter want to have? Sam has 3 German Shepherds and 4 French Bulldogs. Peter wants to buy 3 times as many German Shepherds as Sam has and 2...
Mark has 3 tanks for pregnant fish. Each tank has 4 pregnant fish and each fish gives birth to 20 young. How many young fish does he have at the end? Mark has 3 tanks, each containing 4 pregnant fish, and each fish gives birth to 20 young. To find the total number of young fish, first determine the total number of ...
Madeline spends 18 hours a week in class. She spends 4 hours per day working on homework. She spends 8 hours per day sleeping. She works part-time 20 hours per week. How many hours left over does Madeline have? Madeline's weekly schedule involves various activities, and to find the hours left over, I need to start wi...
George and Amelia are picking oranges and apples at an orchard. George picks 45 oranges and 5 more apples than Amelia. Amelia picks 18 fewer oranges than George and 15 apples. How many fruits do they pick altogether? George and Amelia are picking fruits. George picks 45 oranges. Amelia picks 18 fewer oranges than Geo...
The total number of whales in the sea this year is double what it was last year. If the World Animals Organization predicts that there will be 800 more whales in the sea next year, and the number of whales in the sea last year was 4000, calculate the total number of whales in the sea next year if the predictions are a...
Nancy earns $28 for working 4 hours. How many hours does she have to work to earn $70? Nancy earns $28 for working 4 hours. To find out how many hours she needs to work to earn $70, I first need to determine her hourly wage. One way to find the hourly wage is by dividing the total earnings by the number of hours wor...
Mr. Johnson has a prescription with enough pills for 30 days. After four-fifths of the days, he has 12 pills left. How many pills is Mr. Johnson supposed to take a day if he takes the same dose daily? Mr. Johnson has enough pills for 30 days, so the total number of pills is \(30d\), where \(d\) is the daily dose in p...
James is trying to decide which trail is faster to hike. One trail is 20 miles and mostly downhill, so James can cover it at 5 miles per hour. The other trail is 12 miles, but it's mostly uphill, so James will only be able to cover 3 miles per hour and will have to take an hour break halfway through. How many hours fa...
On the first day of the journey, the Skipper sailed his ship halfway to the destination by traveling due east for 20 hours at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and then turned the ship's engines off to let them cool down. But while the engines were off, a wind storm blew his vessel backward in a westward direction. ...
Jaden had 14 toy cars. Then he bought 28 cars from the toy store and got 12 cars for his birthday. Jaden gave 8 of the toy cars to his sister and 3 to his friend Vinnie. How many toy cars does Jaden have left? Jaden started with 14 toy cars. After buying 28 from the toy store, he had 14 + 28 = 42 cars. <Parallel> <P...
Dylan's mother is throwing a baby shower for her best friend. She is expecting 40 guests, of whom she has cleared the parking lot to park in to, leaving only her car and her husband's jeep in the parking lot. The 40 guests, though, arrive in only 10 cars that they park in the parking lot. If each car has 4 wheels, ho...
Alexander was 50 inches on his 8th birthday. If he grows 1/2 a foot a year, how many inches tall will he be on his 12th birthday? Alexander was 50 inches tall on his 8th birthday and grows 1/2 a foot a year. To find his height on his 12th birthday, first, determine the number of years between the 8th and 12th birthda...
Matt and Tom both walk up the stairs of the library. Matt goes up the stairs 20 steps per minute. Tom goes up the stairs 5 steps per minute more than Matt. If Matt has reached 220 steps above the entrance, how many steps will Tom have gone up by that time? Matt goes up the stairs at 20 steps per minute, and Tom goes ...
It cost 50 dollars to get cats ready for adoption, 100 dollars to get adult dogs ready for adoption, and 150 to get puppies ready for adoption. If 2 cats, 3 adult dogs, and 2 puppies are adopted what was the cost to get them ready? To find the total cost to get the animals ready for adoption, I need to calculate the...
Coral is reading a book that is 600 pages long. She reads half of it in the first week, and 30 percent of the remaining pages the second week. How many pages must she read the third week in order to finish the book? Coral is reading a 600-page book. She reads half of it in the first week. To find how many pages that...
Boris has 24 books and he donates a fourth of his books to the library. Cameron has 30 books and he donates a third of his books to the library. After donating their books, how many books in total do Boris and Cameron have together? Boris has 24 books and donates a fourth of them, while Cameron has 30 books and donat...
Aaron has four times as many cows as does Matthews. Together, they have 30 more cows than Marovich. If Matthews has 60 cows, how many cows do the three have altogether? Matthews has 60 cows. Aaron has four times as many cows as Matthews, so Aaron has 4 * 60 = 240 cows. Now, <Parallel> <Path>Calculate Aaron's cows d...
Jerry is trying to cut down on the amount of soda he drinks. Right now, he drinks 48 sodas a week. If he cuts the number of sodas he drinks in half each week, how many weeks will it take him to only drink 6 sodas per week? Jerry currently drinks 48 sodas per week and halves his consumption each week. We need to find ...
A vampire needs to suck 7 gallons of blood per week to survive. If he sucks 2 pints of blood per person, how many people does he need to suck each day to survive? The vampire requires 7 gallons of blood per week to survive. There are 7 days in a week, so the daily blood requirement is calculated by dividing the week...
There are 120 crayons in a box. One third of the crayons are new, 20% are broken, and the rest are slightly used. How many are slightly used? There are 120 crayons in a box. One third of the crayons are new, so the number of new crayons is (1/3) * 120 = 40. 20% of the crayons are broken, so the number of broken cr...
Karen is constantly trying to stop the raccoons from getting in her trash. The first lock she tries stalls them for 5 minutes. The next lock stalls them for 3 minutes less than three times as long as the first lock. When Karen tries both locks at once, it stalled the raccoons for five times as long as the second lock ...
Georgie needs 3 avocados to make her grandmother's guacamole recipe. If she already had 5 avocados and her sister buys another 4 avocados, how many servings of guacamole can Georgie make? Georgie needs 3 avocados to make one serving of guacamole. She starts with 5 avocados and her sister buys 4 more, so we first need...
Clive opens a box full of different colored balls. 
The box contains 6 blue balls, 4 red balls, 3 times as many green balls as blue ones and twice as many yellow ones as red ones. 
How many balls are in the box Clive opens? We are given that the box contains 6 blue balls and 4 red balls. To find the total number of...
It took Dad 5 more than twice as long to vacuum upstairs then to vacuum downstairs. He vacuumed for a total of 38 minutes. How many minutes did he vacuum upstairs? It took Dad 5 more than twice as long to vacuum upstairs as to vacuum downstairs, and the total time is 38 minutes. Let D be the time in minutes to vacuum...
Philip is a painter. He makes 2 paintings per day. If he already has 20 paintings, how many paintings in total will he have after 30 days? Philip is a painter who makes 2 paintings per day and already has 20 paintings. To find how many paintings he will have after 30 days, I need to calculate the total by considering...
Tony decided to rent a small cottage. The master bedroom and bath totaled 500 sq ft. The 2 guest bedrooms were 200 sq ft each. And the kitchen, guest bath and living area totaled 600 sq ft. If Tony spends $3,000 a month on rent, how much money is he spending per sq ft of house? First, I need to find the total squ...
A salesman bought a case of 48 backpacks for $576. He sold 17 of them for $18 at the swap meet, 10 were sold to a department store for $25 each. If the remainder were sold for $22 each. How much was the salesman's profit? The salesman bought 48 backpacks for $576. First, find the cost per backpack to use for profit ...
Smith’s Bakery sold 6 more than four times the number of pies that Mcgee’s Bakery sold. If Mcgee’s Bakery sold 16 pies, how many pies did Smith’s Bakery sell? Smith’s Bakery sold 6 more than four times the number of pies that Mcgee’s Bakery sold. Mcgee’s Bakery sold 16 pies. First, find four times Mcgee’s sales: 4 *...
Darryl is an inventor who just designed a new machine. He had to pay $3600 for the parts to construct the machine, and $4500 for the patent he applied for once he built it. If the machine sells for $180, how many machines does Darryl need to sell to break even after the costs? Darryl needs to break even after paying ...
Mary does her grocery shopping on Saturday. She does her shopping only at a specific store where she is allowed a credit of $100, which must be paid in full before her next shopping trip. That week she spent the full credit limit and paid $15 of it on Tuesday and $23 of it on Thursday. How much credit will Mary need t...
Tom decides to take 10 dance lessons that cost $10 each, but he gets two of them for free. How much does he pay? Tom decides to take 10 dance lessons, each costing $10. However, he gets two of them for free. To find out how much he pays, I need to determine the number of lessons he actually pays for and then calculat...
John works a job that offers performance bonuses. He makes $80 a day and works for 8 hours. He has the option of working hard to earn the performance bonus of an extra $20 a day, but the extra effort results in a 2-hour longer workday. How much does John make per hour if he decides to earn the bonus? John works 8 ...
Tobias is a tractor salesman. His salary is based on the number of tractors he sells. For every red tractor he sells, he gets paid 10% of the sales price for each tractor. For every green tractor he sells, he gets paid 20% of the sales price for each tractor. This week, he sold 2 red tractors and 3 green tractors. ...
Betsy won 5 games of Monopoly. Helen won twice as many as Betsy and Susan won three times as many as Betsy. Between them, how many games have they won? Betsy won 5 games of Monopoly. Helen won twice as many as Betsy, so Helen won 2 × 5 = 10 games. Susan won three times as many as Betsy, so Susan won 3 × 5 = 15 ...
Ivanka wrote a book that took her 3 more months than it took Woody to write a book. Woody spent 1.5 years writing his book. How many months in total did Ivanka and Woody need to write their books? Woody spent 1.5 years writing his book. To find Ivanka's time, which is 3 months more than Woody's, I first need Woody's ...
Barry stands on his head for 10 minutes at a time, but then he must sit for 5 minutes before he can take another turn standing on his head. How many turns can Barry take standing on his head during a single 2-hour period? Barry can take turns standing on his head for 10 minutes, with a 5-minute sitting break require...
A jug needs 40 cups of water to be full. A custodian at Truman Elementary School has to fill water jugs for 200 students, who drink 10 cups of water in a day. How many water jugs will the custodian fill with cups of water to provide the students with all the water they need in a day? The custodian needs to provide wa...
Missy watches 5 28-minute reality shows and one 10-minute cartoon. How long does she spend watching TV? Missy watches 5 reality shows, each 28 minutes long, and one cartoon that is 10 minutes long. To find the total time she spends watching TV, we first need to calculate the time from the reality shows and then add t...
Ethan is reading a sci-fi book that has 360 pages. He read 40 pages on Saturday morning and another 10 pages at night. The next day he read twice the total pages as on Saturday. How many pages does he have left to read? Ethan read 40 pages on Saturday morning and 10 pages at night. So, the pages read on Saturday are ...
Mary has 5 green crayons and 8 blue crayons of different shades. If she gives out 3 green crayons and 1 blue crayon to Becky, how many crayons does she have left? Mary has 5 green crayons and 8 blue crayons initially. <Parallel> <Path>First, focus on the green crayons only: subtract the given away (3) from the initi...
Mark is running for an election and wins 70% of the votes in an area with 100,000 voters. He got twice as many total votes in the remaining area. How many votes did he get in total? First, calculate the votes from the first area: 70% of 100,000 voters equals 70,000 votes. Now, <Parallel> <Path> One perspective: Ba...
John climbs up 9 flights of stairs. Each flight is 10 feet. If each step is 18 inches, how many steps does he climb up? John climbs up 9 flights of stairs, each 10 feet high, with each step being 18 inches. To find the total number of steps, I need to convert all measurements to the same units. Since the step size ...
A tiger shark has 180 teeth. A hammerhead shark has 1/6 the number of teeth that a tiger shark has. A great white shark has double the sum of teeth of a tiger shark and a hammerhead shark. How many teeth does a great white shark have? Tiger shark has 180 teeth. Hammerhead shark has 1/6 of that, so we need to find t...
In Hawaii, they normally get an average of 2 inches of rain a day. With 100 days left in the year, they've gotten 430 inches of rain. How many inches on average do they need to finish the year with the normal average? The normal average rainfall is 2 inches per day for a 365-day year, so the total normal rain for the...
Isabella is twice as old as Antonio. In 18 months, she will be 10 years old. How many months old is Antonio? Isabella is twice as old as Antonio. In 18 months, she will be 10 years old. To find Antonio's current age in months, we need to determine his age based on the given information. <Parallel> <Path1> Since Is...
Collin has 25 flowers. Ingrid gives Collin a third of her 33 flowers. If each flower has 4 petals, how many petals does Collin have in total? Collin has 25 flowers initially. Ingrid has 33 flowers and gives Collin a third of them. First, we need to find out how many flowers that is. <Parallel> <Path> One-third of 33...
Janet bought some muffins at the bakery. Each muffin is 75 cents. Janet paid $20 and got $11 in change back. How many muffins did Janet buy? Janet bought muffins at 75 cents each and paid $20, receiving $11 in change. To find the number of muffins, first determine the total amount spent, which is the amount paid minu...
Candice buys all the bread she and her family needs for the week from a local bakery. She needs 2 loaves of white bread for sandwiches that cost $3.50 each. She also needs a baguette that costs $1.50 and 2 loaves of sourdough bread that cost $4.50 each. She also treats herself to a $2.00 almond croissant each visit...
Juniper, the Irish Setter, has 4 bones. Her master gives her enough bones to double her number of bones. Unfortunately, the neighbor's dog steals away two of Juniper's bones. How many bones does Juniper have remaining? Juniper starts with 4 bones. Her master gives her enough bones to double her number. Doubling 4 m...
Inez has $150. She spends one-half on hockey skates and a certain amount on hockey pads. If Inez has $25 remaining, how much did the hockey pads cost, together, in dollars? Inez has $150. She spends one-half on hockey skates, so the cost of the skates is $75. After this, she has $75 remaining. <Parallel> <Path>One w...
Simon wanted to buy flowers that his mom could plant for Mother's Day. The garden center was offering 10% off all purchases. He bought 5 pansies at $2.50 each, one hydrangea that cost $12.50 and 5 petunias that cost $1.00 each. If he paid with a $50 bill, how much change would Simon receive back from his purchase? ...
There are six peregrine falcons and 40 pigeons nesting in Malcolm's skyscraper. Each pigeon has 6 chicks. If the peregrines eat 30% of the pigeons, how many pigeons are left? There are 40 pigeons initially. Each pigeon has 6 chicks, but the peregrines eat 30% of the pigeons, so the chicks are not directly affected by...
Jean has 60 stuffies. She keeps 1/3 of them and then gives away the rest. She gives 1/4 of what she gave away to her sister Janet. How many stuffies did Janet get? Jean has 60 stuffies. She keeps 1/3 of them. To find out how many she keeps, we can consider different approaches. <Parallel> <Path>Calculate th...
Tracy has been collecting novels from her friends to donate to the Children For The Future charity organization. In the first week she collects a certain number of books. In the next five weeks, she collects ten times as many books as she did in the first week. How many books did she collect in the first week if she h...
Toby is counting goldfish in the local pond. He knows that only 25% of goldfish are at the surface and the rest are too deep below the surface to be able to see. If he counts 15 goldfish, how many are below the surface? Toby counts 15 goldfish, which are the ones at the surface since he can only see that portion. He ...
You have 32$ to spend on groceries. You buy a loaf of bread for 3$, a candy bar for 2$, and 1/3 of whats left on a Turkey. How much money do you have left? I start with $32. I buy a loaf of bread for $3, so money left is 32 - 3 = $29. Now, at this point, I insert a parallel block to consider different perspective...
Malik rushed for 18 yards in each of 4 games. Josiah ran for 22 yards in each of 4 games. Darnell had an average of 11 yards rushed for each of the 4 games. How many yards did the 3 athletes run in total? First, to find the total yards, I need to consider the individual performances of each athlete. Malik rushed 18 ...
Mrs. Lacson harvested 80 sweet potatoes. She sold 20 of them to Mrs. Adams and 15 of them to Mr. Lenon. How many sweet potatoes are not yet sold? Mrs. Lacson harvested 80 sweet potatoes. This is the total number available. She sold 20 to Mrs. Adams and 15 to Mr. Lenon. To find the total number sold, I can consid...
Marie has 4 notebooks with 20 stamps each. She also has two binders with 50 stamps each. If she decides to only keep 1/4 of the stamps, how many stamps can she give away? Marie has 4 notebooks with 20 stamps each and two binders with 50 stamps each. First, I need to find the total number of stamps she has initially. ...
Bill's take-home salary is $40,000. He pays $2,000 in property taxes, $3,000 in sales taxes, and 10% of his gross salary in income taxes. What is Bill's gross salary? Bill's take-home salary is $40,000, and he pays $2,000 in property taxes, $3,000 in sales taxes, and 10% of his gross salary in income taxes. To find h...
The Donaldsons pay $15 per hour for babysitting. The Merck family pays $18 per hour and the Hille family pays $20 per hour for babysitting. Layla babysat for the Donaldsons for 7 hours, the Merck family for 6 hours and the Hille family for 3 hours. How many dollars did Layla earn babysitting? First, Layla babysat for...
Kyle has $12 less than 3 times what Dave has. Kyle then spends a third of it going snowboarding. If Dave has $46, how much money does Kyle have? Dave has $46. Kyle has $12 less than 3 times what Dave has. To find Kyle's initial amount, I need to compute 3 times Dave's amount and subtract 12. First, 3 times 46 is 13...
Roberto is raising chickens for eggs. He buys 4 chickens for $20 each. They cost $1 in total a week to feed and each produces 3 eggs a week that will last forever. He used to buy 1 dozen eggs a week and spent $2 per dozen. After how many weeks will the chickens be cheaper than buying his eggs? To determine when the c...
Mitchell has 30 pencils. He has 6 more pencils than Antonio. How many pencils does Mitchell and Antonio have together? Mitchell has 30 pencils. He has 6 more pencils than Antonio. To find how many pencils Antonio has, we can use different approaches. <Parallel> <Path>Direct subtraction: Since Mitchell has 6 more tha...
Johannes owns a vegetable shop, he sells cabbage for $2 per kilogram. If Johannes was able to earn $30 last Wednesday, $24 last Friday, and $42 today, how many kilograms of cabbage was he able to sell? To find the total kilograms of cabbage Johannes sold, I need to use the given earnings and the fixed price per kilog...
Macy has a goal of running a total of 24 miles per week. If she runs 3 miles per day, how many miles does Macy have left to run after 6 days so that she could meet her goal? Macy has a goal of running 24 miles per week and runs 3 miles per day. To find out how many miles she has left to run after 6 days, we first con...
Janine read 5 books last month. This month, she read twice as many books. If each book has 10 pages, how many pages did Janine read in two months? Janine read 5 books last month. This month, she read twice as many books. Each book has 10 pages, and I need to find the total pages read over two months. First, let's de...
Grace can read a 200-page book in 20 hours. How long would it take her to finish reading a 250-page book at this constant rate? Grace can read a 200-page book in 20 hours. To find the time to read a 250-page book at the same constant rate, first determine the reading rate. <Parallel> <Path>Calculate the reading rate...
Felicity and Adhira took separate trips. Felicity used 5 less gallons of gas than four times the number of gallons that Adhira used for her trip. Together the girls used 30 gallons of gas. How many gallons did Felicity use? I need to find out how many gallons Felicity used for her trip. Let A be the gallons Adhira u...
Apple sold 100 iPhones at their New York store today for an average cost of $1000. They also sold 20 iPads for an average cost of $900 and 80 Apple TVs for an average cost of $200. What was the average cost across all products sold today? To find the average cost across all products sold, I need to determine the tota...
Marianne was 20 years old when Bella was 8 years old. How old will Marianne be when Bella turns 18? First, I need to find the age difference between Marianne and Bella. At the reference point, Marianne is 20 and Bella is 8, so the difference is 12 years. This difference is constant over time. <Parallel> <Path>One wa...
Roosevelt High school plays a basketball tournament with Greendale High school. Roosevelt high school scores 30 points in the first game, half as much in the second game, and triple as much as the second game in the third game. At the end of the tournament, Roosevelt high school receives 50 bonus points and Greendale ...
Roger's age is 5 more than twice Jill's age. In 15 years, their age difference will be 30 years less than Finley's age. If Jill is 20 years old now, how old is Finley? Jill is currently 20 years old. <Parallel> <Path>Since Jill is 20, Roger is twice that plus 5, so 40 + 5 = 45.</Path> <Path>Express the age differenc...
Between them, Mark and Sarah have 24 traffic tickets. Mark has twice as many parking tickets as Sarah, and they each have an equal number of speeding tickets. If Sarah has 6 speeding tickets, how many parking tickets does Mark have? Mark and Sarah have 24 traffic tickets in total. They each have an equal number of ...
The United States flag has 50 stars, one for every state in the union, and 13 stripes, which represent the original 13 colonies. Pete, inspired by history, decided to make his own flag. He used circles, to represent how many scoops of ice cream he can consume in one sitting, and squares, to represent the number of b...
During the outbreak of the coronavirus, a company had to ramp up its toilet paper production three times more to cover the increased demand. If the company was producing 7000 toilet paper per day, calculate its total toilet paper production during March of 2020 after increasing its production. The company originally ...
At a gathering, it was reported that 26 people took wine, 22 people took soda, and 17 people took both drinks. If each person could have taken one or more drinks regardless of what was reported, how many people altogether were at the gathering? The problem involves finding the total number of people at a gathering ba...
Pria bought a new car that advertised an estimated gas mileage of 35 miles per gallon. The car has a 12-gallon tank. She filled her car full of gas and was able to drive a total of 372 miles. What was the difference, in miles per gallon, between Pria's mileage and the advertised mileage? First, to find Pria's actual ...
Bob bought 2 show dogs for $250.00 each to breed as a side business. The female just had a litter of 6 puppies. If he sells each puppy for $350.00, what is his total profit? Bob bought two show dogs for $250 each, so the total cost for the dogs is calculated as follows. First, I need to find the total cost to proce...
Freddie and his team are collecting blankets for three days to be donated to the Children Shelter Organization. There are 15 people on the team. On the first day, each of them gave 2 blankets. On the second day, they tripled the number they collected on the first day by asking door-to-door. On the last day, they set u...
Gondor is a technician, he earns $10 from repairing a phone and $20 from repairing a laptop. If he was able to repair 3 phones last Monday, 5 phones last Tuesday, 2 laptops on Wednesday, and 4 laptops last Thursday, how much does he earn in total? First, I need to find Gondor's total earnings for the week. He earns $...
Annie has some money. The restaurant next door sells hamburgers for $4 each. The restaurant across the street sells milkshakes for $5 each. Annie buys 8 hamburgers and 6 milkshakes. She has $70 left. How much money, in dollars, did Annie have at first? Annie buys 8 hamburgers at $4 each and 6 milkshakes at $5 each, a...
Edith is a receptionist at a local office and is organizing files into cabinets. She had 60 files and finished organizing half of them this morning. She has another 15 files to organize in the afternoon and the rest of the files are missing. How many files are missing? Edith started with 60 files. She organized half ...
Ruth prepared sandwiches. She ate 1 sandwich and gave 2 sandwiches to her brother. Her first cousin arrived and ate 2 sandwiches. Then her two other cousins arrived and ate 1 sandwich each. There were 3 sandwiches left. How many sandwiches did Ruth prepare? Ruth prepared S sandwiches. She ate 1 and gave 2 to her brot...
Cheryl needs 4 cups of basil to make 1 cup of pesto. She can harvest 16 cups of basil from her farm every week for 8 weeks. How many cups of pesto will she be able to make? To solve the problem, I first need to find the total amount of basil Cheryl can harvest and then determine how much pesto she can make from tha...
A psychiatrist has 4 patients that need 25 sessions in total. One of the patients needs 6 sessions. Another patient needs 5 more than that. How many sessions would the remaining patients need? A psychiatrist has 4 patients that need 25 sessions in total. One patient needs 6 sessions. Another patient needs 5 more than...
The total number of dogs at an animal rescue center is 200. Mr. Tanner, the manager at the rescue center, gets a call that 100 dogs at another rescue center are to be moved because of weather problems. He agrees to bring the dogs to his rescue center, and after one week, gives out 40 animals for adoption. After a mon...
Joseph and his friends watched two movies in his house. The first movie is 1 hour and 30 minutes long while the second movie is 30 minutes longer than the first. Before the movies, they spent 10 minutes making popcorn and twice as long making fries. How long, in hours, did it take Joseph and his friends to cook and wa...
Every 4 weeks, Helen hand washes her silk pillowcases. It takes 30 minutes to hand wash all of them. In 1 year, how much time does Helen spend hand washing her pillowcases? Helen washes her silk pillowcases every 4 weeks, with each washing taking 30 minutes. To determine the total time spent in one year, I need to ...
On our last vacation, I bought 4 times as many tetras as Tim bought clowns. Tim bought twice as many clowns as Rick bought guppies. If Rick bought 30 guppies, how many animals did we buy on our last vacation? Rick bought 30 guppies. <Parallel> <Path>One way to approach this is to directly calculate the numbers step ...