A craft store makes a third of its sales in the fabric section, a quarter of its sales in the jewelry section, and the rest in the stationery section. They made 36 sales today. How many sales were in the stationery section?

The craft store made 36 / 3 =

<<36/3=12>>12 sales in the fabric section. It made 36 / 4 = <<36/4=9>>9 sales in the jewelry section. Thus, there were 36 - 12 - 9 = <<36-12-9=15>>15 sales in the stationery section. #### 15 Marcy is a makeup artist and has agreed to do some makeup for her friend's wedding. The only makeup she has limited stock of is lip gloss so she counts how many tubes she needs. Each tube of lip gloss will hold enough lip gloss for 3 people's makeup. Marcy decides to bring 6 tubs of lip gloss, each of which holds 2 tubes of lip gloss, and this will be the exact amount she needs for everyone's makeup. How many people is Marcy painting with makeup? Marcy is bringing 6 tubs of lip gloss * 2 tubes of lip gloss per tub of lip gloss = <<6*2=12>>12 tubes of lip gloss. So she must be applying makeup to 12 tubes of lip gloss * 3 people per tube of lip gloss = <<12*3=36>>36 people. #### 36 Ellie has found an old bicycle in a field and thinks it just needs some oil to work well again. She needs 10ml of oil to fix each wheel and will need another 5ml of oil to fix the rest of the bike. How much oil does she need in total to fix the bike? Ellie needs 2 wheels * 10ml of oil per wheel = <<2*10=20>>20ml of oil. To fix the rest of the bike as well, she needs 20 + 5 = <<20+5=25>>25ml of oil. #### 25 Janice can type 6 sentences per minute. Today at work, Janice continued working on a paper she started typing yesterday. She typed for 20 minutes, took a break, and typed 15 minutes longer. She then had to erase 40 sentences she had typed incorrectly. After a meeting, she typed for 18 minutes more. In all, the paper had 536 sentences by the end of today. How many sentences did she start with today? Janice had X sentences from yesterday already typed to start with today. Janice typed 6 * 20 = <<6*20=120>>120 sentences before her break. She typed 6 * 15 = <<6*15=90>>90 sentences after her break. She typed 6 * 18 = <<6*18=108>>108 sentences after her meeting. Therefore, she typed 120 + 90 + 108 = <<120+90+108=318>>318 sentences today in all. She had to erase 40 sentences, so she had 318 - 40 = <<318-40=278>>278 sentences that she typed today left. The paper had X + 278 = 536 sentences at the end of today. Thus, she had X = 536 - 278 = <<536-278=258>>258 sentences typed on the paper to start with today. #### 258 During one day, there are 4 boat trips through the lake. The boat can take up to 12 people during one trip. How many people can the boat transport in 2 days? During each boat trip, there can be 12 people onboard, so during 4 boat trips, there can be 4 * 12 = <<4*12=48>>48 people in total. During two days the boat can transport a total of 48 * 2 = <<48*2=96>>96 people. #### 96 Paddington has 40 more goats than Washington. If Washington has 140 goats, how many goats do they have in total? If Washington has 140 goats, Washington has 140+40 = <<140+40=180>>180 goats. In total, they have 140+180 = <<140+180=320>>320 goats #### 320 John buys 10 packs of magic cards. Each pack has 20 cards and 1/4 of those cards are uncommon. How many uncommon cards did he get? Each pack has 20/4 = <<20/4=5>>5 uncommons So he got 10*5 = <<10*5=50>>50 uncommons #### 50 There is very little car traffic on Happy Street. During the week, most cars pass it on Tuesday - 25. On Monday, 20% less than on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, 2 more cars than on Monday. On Thursday and Friday, it is about 10 cars each day. On the weekend, traffic drops to 5 cars per day. How many cars travel down Happy Street from Monday through Sunday? On Monday there are 20/100 * 25 = <<20/100*25=5>>5 cars passing the street less than on Tuesday. So on Monday, there are 25 - 5 = <<25-5=20>>20 cars on Happy Street. On Wednesday, there are 20 + 2 = <<20+2=22>>22 cars on this street. On Thursday and Friday, there is a total of 10 * 2 = <<10*2=20>>20 cars passing. On the weekend 5 * 2 = <<5*2=10>>10 cars are passing. So from Monday through Sunday, there are 20 + 25 + 22 + 20 + 10 = <<20+25+22+20+10=97>>97 cars traveling down the street. #### 97 Henry took 9 pills a day for 14 days. Of these 9 pills, 4 pills cost $1.50 each, and the other pills each cost $5.50 more. How much did he spend in total on the pills? There were 9-4 = <<9-4=5>>5 other pills Each of the other pills cost 1.50+5.50 = <<1.50+5.50=7>>7 dollars each. The 5 pills cost a total of 7*5 = <<7*5=35>>35 dollars. The first 4 pills cost 1.50*4 = <<1.50*4=6>>6 dollars in total. Henry spent a total of 35+6 = <<35+6=41>>41 dollars. #### 41 Alyssa, Keely, and Kendall ordered 100 chicken nuggets from a fast-food restaurant. Keely and Kendall each ate twice as many as Alyssa. How many did Alyssa eat? To figure out this problem we need to turn it into an equation. Let’s make A the number of nuggets Alyssa ate. We know all three girls ate 100 nuggets total, so 100 nuggets = A (how many Alyssa ate) + 2A (how many Keely ate) + 3A (how many Kendall ate) or 100 = A + 2A + 3A which is 100 = 5A Then we will divide each side by 5 to figure out how many nuggets Alyssa ate, 100/5 = 5A/5 or 20 = A. #### 20