Emil is 19 years old now. When he turns 24, he will be half the age of his dad but twice as old as his brother. What is the sum of the ages of his dad and his brother now?

How old will his dad be when Emil is 24? ** His dad will be 24 x 2 =

<<24*2=48>>48 years old when Emil is 24. How old will his brother be when Emil is 24? ** His brother will be 24 / 2 = <<24/2=12>>12 years old then. How many years will it be until Emil is 24? ** Emil will turn 24 in 24 - 19 = <<24-19=5>>5 years. What is the age of his father now? ** The age of his father now is 48 - 5= <<48-5=43>>43. What is the age of his brother right now? ** His brother is 12 - 5 = <<12-5=7>>7 years old right now. What is the sum of the ages of his dad and his brother now? ** The sum of his dad's and his brother's ages now is 43 + 7 = <<43+7=50>>50. #### 50 Adrianne is collecting different kinds of beads for making bracelets. Her mother gave her 20 metallic beads. Her sister gave her ten more beads than her mother, and her friend gave her twice as many as her mother gave. How many beads did Adrianne have altogether? How many beads did Adrianne receive from her sister? ** Adrianne received 20 +10 = <<20+10=30>>30 beads from her sister. How many beads did Adrianne receive from her friend? ** And, she received 2 x 20 = <<2*20=40>>40 beads from her friend. How many beads did Adrianne have altogether? ** Therefore, Adrianne had 20 + 30 + 40 = <<20+30+40=90>>90 beads altogether. #### 90 On Thursday, Joe caught 3 pounds of crawfish. He caught 4 times that amount on Friday and half the amount of his Friday's catch on Saturday. If 1 serving of crawfish is 3 pounds, how many servings does he have? How many pounds did Joe catch on Friday? ** He caught 3 pounds on Thursday and caught 4 times the amount on Friday for a total of 3*4 = <<3*4=12>>12 pounds How many pounds did Joe catch on Saturday? ** On Saturday, he caught half the amount of the 12 pounds he caught on Friday so he caught 12/2 = <<12/2=6>>6 pounds How many pounds of crawfish did Joe catch in three days? ** In three days he has caught 3+12+6 = <<3+12+6=21>>21 pounds of crawfish How many servings does Joe have? ** 3 pounds is a serving and he caught 21 pounds so he has 21/3 = <<21/3=7>>7 servings of crawfish #### 7 In Mr. Roper's class of 30 students, 20% of the class are football players. Out of the remaining class, 25% of the students are cheerleaders or part of band. These 3 groups of students will need to leave early today to travel to an away game. How many students are leaving early? How many football players are there? ** 20% of the 30 student class are football players so that's .20*30 = <<.20*30=6>>6 students How many students are left? ** There are 30 students and 6 are football players so that leaves 30-6 = <<30-6=24>>24 students How many students are part of band or cheerleading? ** 25% of the remaining 24 students are part of band or cheerleading so that's .25*24 = <<.25*24=6>>6 students How many students are leaving early? ** 6 students are football players and 6 are part of band/cheerleading so 6+6 = <<6+6=12>>12 students will be leaving early #### 12 Charlie has boots that are five times the size of Sophie's. If Sophie wears size five boots, what is the average size of shoe worn by the two? How many shoes does Charlie wear? ** If Sophie wears size five shoes, Charlie wears 5 * shoe size 5 = shoe size <<5*5=25>>25 How many shoes do the two wear together? ** Their combined shoes size for the two is shoe size 25 + shoe size 5 = <<25+5=30>>30 What is the average shoe size the two wear? ** The average for the shoe size the two wear is shoe size 30/2 = shoe size <<30/2=15>>15 #### 15 Pat has a flower bed that is 111 feet long. Pat wants to fill her flower bed with plants. Pat's flowers grow 12 inches wide so she needs to leave 1.5 feet between every plant. Pat already owns 17 flowers. Each flowering plant costs $6 at the store, how much money will Pat spend at the store to fill up her flower bed? How many plants does Pat need? ** Pat's flower bed is 111 feet / 1.5 feet per plant = <<111/1.5=74>>74 plants needed. How many plants does Pat need to purchase? ** Pat needs to buy 74 plants - 17 plants = <<74-17=57>>57 plants needed to purchase. How much money will Pat spend at the store to fill up her flower bed? ** Pat will spend 57 plants * $6 = $<<57*6=342>>342. #### 342 Edgar eats 18 pretzels a day. If his brother eats 1/2 as many, how many does his brother eat in a week? How many pretzels does his brother eat? ** His brother eats 9 pretzels a day because 18 / 2 = <<18/2=9>>9 How many pretzels does his brother eat in a week? ** His brother eats 63 in a week because 9 x 7 = <<9*7=63>>63 #### 63 Katherine has 5 hanging baskets to fill. In each basket she wants to add 3 petunias and 2 sweet potato vines. The petunias cost $3.00 apiece and the sweet potato vines cost $2.50 apiece. How much will she spend filling all 5 hanging baskets? How much are the petunias? ** The petunia are $3.00 each and she wants 3 per basket so that's 3.00*3 = $<<3*3=9.00>>9.00 How much are the sweet potato vines? ** The sweet potato vines are $2.50 each and she wants 2 per basket so that's 2.5*2 = $<<2.5*2=5.00>>5.00 How much will the petunias and sweet potato vines cost for 1 basket? ** For 1 basket, the petunias will cost $9.00 and the sweet potato vines will cost $5.00 for a total of 9+5 = $<<9+5=14.00>>14.00 How much will she spend filling all 5 hanging baskets? ** Each basket will cost $14.00 to fill and she needs to fill 5 baskets for a total of 14*5 = $<<14*5=70.00>>70.00 #### 70 Artemis is potting flowers with her father. They buy a 30-pound bag of soil. Each rose needs 1 pound. Each carnation needs 1.5 pounds. Each Sunflower needs 3 pounds. If they plant 4 sunflowers and 10 carnations, how many roses can they plant? How many pounds of soil did they use on the sunflowers? ** They used 12 pounds on the sunflowers because 4 x 3 = <<4*3=12>>12 How many pounds of soil did they use on the carnations? ** They used 15 pounds on carnations because 10 x 1.5 = <<10*1.5=15>>15 How many pounds of soil did they use in total? ** They have used 27 pounds in total because 12 + 15 = <<12+15=27>>27 How many pounds of soil do they have left? ** They have 30 pounds left because 30 - 27 = <<30-27=3>>3 How many roses can they plant? ** The can plant three roses because 3 / 1 = <<3/1=3>>3 #### 3 Jessica makes $2,000.00 a month. She sets 25% of her paycheck aside to put towards fancy shoes. Each pair of shoes she buys costs $1,000.00. How many shoes can she buy in a year? How much does she save? ** She is paid $2,000.00 a month and she saves 25% for shoes so she saves 2000*.25 = $<<2000*.25=500.00>>500.00 How much does she save? ** She saves $500.00 a month for 12 months so she saves 500*12 = $<<500*12=6000.00>>6,000.00 How many shoes can she buy in a year? ** Each pair of shoes costs $1,000.00 and she has saved $6,000.00 so she can buy 6000/1000 = 6 pair of shoes per year #### 6