Abe finds 4 ants on the sidewalk. Beth sees 50% more ants than Abe. CeCe watches twice as many ants as Abe. Duke discovers half as many ants as Abe. How many ants do the four children find together?

Beth finds 4 + 2 =

<<4+2=6>>6 ants. CeCe finds 4 x 2 = <<4*2=8>>8 ants. Duke finds 4 / 2 = <<4/2=2>>2 ants. The four children find 4 + 6 + 8 + 2 = <<4+6+8+2=20>>20 ants. #### 20 There are 30 different nuts in a bowl. If 5/6 of the nuts were eaten, how many nuts were left? 30 x 5/6 = <<30*5/6=25>>25 nuts were eaten. Thus, 30 - 25 = <<30-25=5>>5 nuts were left. #### 5 Harry has 50 books in his library. His sister Flora has twice as many books and their cousin Gary has half the books Harry has. How many books do the three of them own together? Flora has 50*2= <<50*2=100>>100 books Gary has 50/2= <<50/2=25>>25 books Together they own 100+25+50= <<100+25+50=175>>175 books #### 175 A rectangular flowerbed in the city park is 4 meters wide. Its length is 1 meter less than twice its width. The government wants to fence the flowerbed. How many meters of fence are needed? Twice the width is 4 x 2 = <<4*2=8>>8 meters. The length of the rectangular flowerbed is 8 - 1= <<8-1=7>>7 meters. Since the rectangular flower bed has 2 equal lengths, then it needs 7 x 2 = <<7*2=14>>14 meters of fence. The rectangular bed has also 2 equal widths, so it needs 4 x 2 = <<8=8>>8 meters of fence. Therefore, the rectangular flower bed needs a total of 14 + 8 = <<14+8=22>>22 meters of fence. #### 22 To let Ruth know how long her fish will live, her father tells her that well-cared fish can live 2 years longer than dogs live. On average, dogs live 4 times as long as hamsters live. And hamsters live an average of 2.5 years. How long can a fish live? Knowing that dogs live 4 times the age of hamsters, dogs live 4 * 2.5 = <<4*2.5=10>>10 years. If Ruth takes care of the fish, it can live 10 + 2 = <<10+2=12>>12 years. #### 12 Bill picked 50 apples from the orchard with his wife and two children. He sends each of his kids to school with 3 apples for their two favorite teachers. His wife Jill bakes two apple pies, using 10 apples per pie. How many apples does Bill have left? Bill gives each of his children 3 apples, so since he has two children this is 3*2=<<3*2=6>>6 apples. Jill bakes 2 apple pies, using 10 apples each so this means she uses 10*2=<<2*10=20>>20 apples. In total, this means 20+6=<<20+6=26>>26 apples were used. Since Bill began with 50 apples, this means there are 50-26=<<50-26=24>>24 apples remaining. #### 24 Jackson has 5 times more money than Williams. Together, they have $150. How much money, in dollars, does Jackson have? Let x be the amount of money Williams has. Jackson has 5*x dollars. 5*x+x=150 6*x=150 x=<<25=25>>25 Jackson has 25*5=<<25*5=125>>125 dollars. #### 125 Madison takes her dog to the dog park. Counting Madison's dog, half the dogs have spots and 1/5 have pointy ears. If 15 dogs have spots, how many have pointy ears? First double the number of dogs with spots to find the total number of dogs: 15 dogs * 2 = <<15*2=30>>30 dogs Then multiply that number by 1/5 to find the number that have pointy ears: 30 dogs * 1/5 = <<30*1/5=6>>6 dogs #### 6 A box is 8 inches in height, 10 inches in width, and 12 inches in length. A wooden building block is 3 inches in height, 2 inches in width, and 4 inches in length. How many building blocks can fit into the box? The volume of the box is 8 x 10 x 12 = <<8*10*12=960>>960 cu in. The volume of a wooden block is 3 x 2 x 4 = <<3*2*4=24>>24 cu in. 960/24 = <<960/24=40>>40 wooden blocks can fit into the box. #### 40 Bella has two times as many marbles as frisbees. She also has 20 more frisbees than deck cards. If she buys 2/5 times more of each item, what would be the total number of the items she will have if she currently has 60 marbles? When Bella buys 2/5 times more marbles, she'll have increased the number of marbles by 2/5*60 = <<2/5*60=24>>24 The total number of marbles she'll have is 60+24 = <<60+24=84>>84 If Bella currently has 60 marbles, and she has two times as many marbles as frisbees, she has 60/2 = <<60/2=30>>30 frisbees. If Bella buys 2/5 times more frisbees, she'll have 2/5*30 = <<2/5*30=12>>12 more frisbees. The total number of frisbees she'll have will increase to 30+12 = <<30+12=42>>42 Bella also has 20 more frisbees than deck cards, meaning she has 30-20 = <<20-10=10>>10 deck cards If she buys 2/5 times more deck cards, she'll have 2/5*10 = <<2/5*10=4>>4 more deck cards. The total number of deck cards she'll have is 10+4 = <<10+4=14>>14 Together, Bella will have a total of 14+42+84 = <<14+42+84=140>>140 items #### 140