Aleesia lost 1.5 pounds each week for 10 weeks. Alexei lost 2.5 pounds each week for 8 weeks. How many pounds did the two friends combine to lose?

Alessia = 1.5 * 10 =

<<1.5*10=15>>15 pounds Alexei = 2.5 * 8 = <<2.5*8=20>>20 pounds 15 + 20 = <<15+20=35>>35 pounds Together they lost 35 pounds. #### 35 Kevin is a fruit vendor. He always sells a total of 50 crates of fruit per week. Last week he sold 13 crates of grapes, 20 crates of mangoes, and the rest were passion fruits. How many passion fruit crates did he sell? Between grapes and mangoes, we have 13+20 =<<13+20=33>>33 crates. The remaining crates are passion fruits, so we have 50-33=<<50-33=17>>17 crates of passion fruit #### 17 Andy is checking to see if all the cars in the parking lot paid for their parking. 75% of the cars have valid tickets, and 1/5th that number have permanent parking passes. If there are 300 cars in the parking lot, how many people tried to park in the lot without paying? First find how many cars have valid tickets: 75% * 300 cars = <<75*.01*300=225>>225 cars Then find the percentage of cars with parking passes: 75% / 5 = 15% Then multiply that number by the total number of cars to find the number with parking passes: 15% * 300 cars = <<15*.01*300=45>>45 cars Then subtract all the cars with valid forms of parking to find the number parked illegally: 300 cars - 225 cars - 45 cars = <<300-225-45=30>>30 cars #### 30 My brother and I have thirty minutes to go to school, without being late. It takes us 15 minutes to arrive at the school gate, and another 6 minutes to get to the school building. How much time do we have to get to our room, without being late? The total time we spent going to school is 15 minutes + 6 minutes = <<15+6=21>>21 minutes. We have 30 minutes - 21 minutes = <<30-21=9>>9 minutes left not to be late. #### 9 In Alaska the commercial Cod fishing season runs from January 1 - August 1 lasting exactly 7 months, or 213 days on a non-leap year. Two fishermen are competing against each other to see who can earn more profit. The first fisherman plans to catch fish at a steady rate of 3 per day for the entire season. The second fisherman is a novice who will need to start more slowly. He plans to catch only 1 fish per day during the first 30 days, 2 fish per day during the next 60 days, and then 4 fish per day during the remainder of the season. At the end of the season, how many more fish will be caught by the fisherman who catches the higher number of fish? The first fisherman will catch 3*213 = <<3*213=639>>639 fish during the season. The second fisherman catch 1*30 + 2*60 = <<1*30+2*60=150>>150 fish during the first 90 days of the season. Then, during the remaining 213 - 90 = 123 days of the season, the second fisherman will can an additional 4*123 = <<4*123=492>>492 fish. Thus, the second fisherman will catch a total of 150 + 492 = <<150+492=642>>642 fish. Therefore, the second fisherman will catch 642 - 639 = <<642-639=3>>3 more fish than the first fisherman at the end of the season. #### 3 Mama bird has 6 babies in the nest. She needs to feed each baby 3 worms a day. Papa bird caught 9 worms. If she caught 13 worms and had 2 stolen, how many more does she need to catch to feed them for 3 days? Each day, mama bird needs to catch 6 x 3 = <<6*3=18>>18 worms. For 3 days, she needs 18 x 3 = <<18*3=54>>54 worms. She already has 13 - 2 = <<13-2=11>>11 worms. With papa bird’s catch, they have 11 + 9 = <<11+9=20>>20 worms. To feed the babies for 3 days, she needs to catch 54 - 20 = <<54-20=34>>34 more worms. #### 34 Ephraim has two machines that make necklaces for his store. On Sunday the first machine made 45 necklaces. The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine. How many necklaces were made in total on Sunday? The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine, so the second machine made 2.4 * 45 = <<2.4*45=108>>108 necklaces on Sunday. In total, 45 + 108 = <<45+108=153>>153 necklaces were made on Sunday. #### 153 Juvy has a garden that has 20 rows with 10 plants in each row. She plants parsley in the first 3 rows and rosemary in the last two rows. The rest of the rows will be planted with chives. How many chives will Juvy plant? Juvy planted 3 + 2 = <<3+2=5>>5 rows with parsley and rosemary. So, 20 - 5 = <<20-5=15>>15 rows will be planted with chives. Therefore, 15 x 10 = <<15*10=150>>150 chives will be planted. #### 150 Jeff has a shelter where he currently takes care of 20 cats. On Monday he found 2 kittens in a box and took them to the shelter. On Tuesday he found 1 more cat with a leg injury. On Wednesday 3 people adopted 2 cats each. How many cats does Jeff currently have in his shelter? Counting the cats he had, the kittens he found, and the injured cat, Jeff had a total of 20 + 2 + 1 = <<20+2+1=23>>23 cats. 3 people took a total of 3 * 2 = <<3*2=6>>6 cats. After Wednesday, Jeff was left with 23 - 6 = <<23-6=17>>17 cats. #### 17 Miss Molly surveyed her class of 30 students about their favorite color. Half of the class answered green, one-third of the girls answered pink, and the rest of the class answered yellow. If there are 18 girls in the class, how many students like yellow best? 30/2 = <<30/2=15>>15 students answered green. 18/3 = <<18/3=6>>6 girls answered pink. So, 15 + 6 = <<15+6=21>>21 students answered either green or pink. Therefore, 30 - 21 = <<30-21=9>>9 answered yellow. #### 9