How many apples did two men and three women buy at a certain store if the two men each bought 30 apples, 20 less than the number of apples bought by each woman?

If the two men each bought 30 apples, together they bought 2*30 =

<<2*30=60>>60 apples. Since the two men each bought 30 apples, 20 less than the total number of apples bought by each woman, each woman bought 20+30 = <<20+30=50>>50 apples. The total number of apples bought by the women is 3*50 = <<3*50=150>>150 Altogether, the two men and three women bought 60+150 = <<60+150=210>>210 apples. #### 210 Brandon has a collection of 20 baseball cards. Malcom has 8 more cards than Brandon. However, then Malcom gives half of his cards to his friend Mark. How many cards does Malcom have left? Malcom has 20 cards + 8 cards = <<20+8=28>>28 cards. Malcom gives away 1/2 * 28 cards = <<1/2*28=14>>14 cards to Mark. Malcom has 28-14 cards = <<28-14=14>>14 cards remaining. #### 14 Maia is a freelance blogger working for different clients for whom she writes different articles every day. She gets 6 client requests every day and works on four of them each day. How many client requests will she have remaining to work on after 5 days. If she receives 6 job requests every day and works on 4 every day, she remains with 6-4 = <<6-4=2>>2 requests. After 5 days, she will be remaining with 5*2 = <<5*2=10>>10 requests which she hasn't worked on. #### 10 John climbs 3 staircases. The first staircase has 20 steps. The next has twice as many steps as the first. The final staircase has 10 fewer steps than the second one. Each step is 0.5 feet. How many feet did he climb? The second flight had 20*2=<<20*2=40>>40 steps The third had 40-10=<<40-10=30>>30 steps So in total, he climbed 20+40+30=<<20+40+30=90>>90 steps So he climbed 90*.5=<<90*.5=45>>45 feet #### 45 Marion received 20 more turtles than Martha at the animal rescue center where they had gone to take part in the animal saving day event. If Martha received 40 turtles, how many turtles did they receive together? Since Marion received 20 more turtles than Martha, she had 20+40 = <<20+40=60>>60 turtles. Together, the two received 60+40 = <<60+40=100>>100 turtles. #### 100 Jim is baking loaves of bread. He has 200g of flour in the cupboard, 100g of flour on the kitchen counter, and 100g in the pantry. If one loaf of bread requires 200g of flour, how many loaves can Jim bake? Altogether, Jim has 200g + 100g + 100g = <<200+100+100=400>>400g of flour. He can therefore bake 400g / 200g = <<400/200=2>>2 loaves of bread. #### 2 Lizzie has half as many crayons as Bobbie. Bobbie has three times as many crayons as Billie. If Billie has 18 crayons, how many crayons does Lizzie have? Bobbie has 18 * 3 = <<18*3=54>>54 crayons. Lizzie has 54 / 2 = <<54/2=27>>27 crayons. #### 27 Stella wanted to buy a new dress for the upcoming dance. At the store she found out that the dress she wanted was $50. The store was offering 30% off of everything in the store. What was the final cost of the dress? The dress was $50 and 30% off so 50*.30 = $<<50*.30=15>>15 discount price The dress cost $50 minus $15 (30% off discount) so 50-15 = $<<50-15=35>>35 #### 35 Joe plays a soccer tournament with his team. Matches won score 3 points for the winning team and tied matches score 1 point for both teams. Joe and his team won 1 game and drew 3. The first-place team has won 2 games and tied 2. By how many points did the first-place team beat Joe's team? For 1 match won, Joe's team scored 1 * 3 = <<1*3=3>>3 points. For 3 tied games, Joe's team scored 3 * 1 = <<3*1=3>>3 points. In total, Joe's team scored 3 + 3 = <<3+3=6>>6 points. For 2 games won, the first-place team scored 2 * 3 = <<2*3=6>>6 points For 2 tied games, the first-place team scored 2 * 1 = <<2*1=2>>2 points In total, the first-place team scored 6 + 2 = <<6+2=8>>8 points. The first-place team outscored Joe's team by 8 - 6 = <<8-6=2>>2 points. #### 2 There are 20 students in the class. Half of them play basketball. Two-fifths play volleyball and one-tenth play both basketball and volleyball. How many students in this class do not play either game? Half of the students are playing basketball, which means 20 / 2 = <<20/2=10>>10 students play basketball. Two-fifths plays volleyball, which leaves us with 20 * 2/5 = <<20*2/5=8>>8 students. One-tenth play both games, which means 20 * 1/10 = <<20*1/10=2>>2 students. There are 10 + 8 = <<10+8=18>>18 students who play basketball or volleyball. Among these 18 students, 2 of them are playing both games, so that means 18 - 2 = <<18-2=16>>16 students play only one of the two games. So finally, 20 - 16 = <<20-16=4>>4 students do not play either game. #### 4