Thomas is making hummus. One of the ingredients in a hummus recipe is chickpeas. For one serving of hummus, the recipe calls for 1 cup of chickpeas. In a can of chickpeas, there are 16 ounces of chickpeas. In one cup of chickpeas, there are 6 ounces. To make 20 servings, how many cans of chickpeas should Thomas buy?

For 20 servings, Thomas needs 20*1 =

<<20*1=20>>20 cups of chickpeas. To have 20 cups, Thomas needs 20*6 = <<20*6=120>>120 ounces. 120 ounces/16 ounces = <<120/16=7.5>>7.5 cans of chickpeas. Since Thomas cannot buy half a can, he needs to buy 8 cans. #### 8 Tom has a job mowing lawns around his neighborhood. Each month he spends $17 on gas and mows 3 lawns, charging $12 per lawn mowed. Last month he also made extra money pulling weeds for $10. How much profit did Tom earn last month? Tom earns 3 lawns * $12 per lawn = $<<3*12=36>>36 per month. Tom earned $36 + $10 = $<<36+10=46>>46 last month. Tom's profit last month was $46 - $17 gas money = $<<46-17=29>>29. #### 29 Mary and Jimmy start running from the same spot, but in opposite directions. Mary runs at 5 miles per hour and Jimmy runs at 4 miles per hour. What is the distance between them after 1 hour? In 1 hour, Mary will have traveled 5 miles/hour * 1 hour = <<5*1=5>>5 miles. In 1 hour, Jimmy will have traveled 4 miles/hour * 1 hour = <<4*1=4>>4 miles. Since they are running in opposite directions, the distance between them will be 5 miles + 4 miles = <<5+4=9>>9 miles. #### 9 Ines had $20 in her purse. She bought 3 pounds of peaches, which are $2 per pound at the local farmers’ market. How much did she have left? Ines bought 3 pounds of peaches for 3 peaches * $2/peach = $<<3*2=6>>6. Ines has $20 - $6 = $<<20-6=14>>14 left. #### 14 Aubrey has a deck of cards with 52 cards in it. She then adds two additional cards to the deck. If she splits the deck evenly among herself and two other players, how many cards does each player have? The deck has 54 cards because 52 + 2 = <<52+2=54>>54 There are three players because 1 + 2 = <<1+2=3>>3 Each player gets 18 cards because 54 / 3 = <<54/3=18>>18 #### 18 Mitch made 20 macarons. Joshua made 6 more macarons than Mitch but half as many macarons as Miles. Renz made 1 fewer than 3/4 as many macarons as Miles. If they will combine their macarons to give them to the kids on the street, how many kids would receive 2 macarons each? Joshua made 20 + 6 = <<20+6=26>>26 macarons. Miles made 26 x 2 = <<26*2=52>>52 macarons. Three-fourths of Miles' macarons is 52 x 3/4 = <<52*3/4=39>>39. So Renz made 39 - 1 = <<39-1=38>>38 macarons. The four of them have a total of 20 + 26 + 52 + 38 = <<20+26+52+38=136>>136 macarons combined. Thus, 136/2 = <<136/2=68>>68 kids would receive 2 macarons each. #### 68 Carson is going to spend 4 hours at a carnival. The wait for the roller coaster is 30 minutes, the wait for the tilt-a-whirl is 60 minutes, and the wait for the giant slide is 15 minutes. If Carson rides the roller coaster 4 times and the tilt-a-whirl once, how many times can he ride the giant slide? (Wait times include the time actually spent on the ride.) First figure out how many minutes Carson spends at the carnival by multiplying the number of hours he's there by the number of minutes per hour: 4 hours * 60 minutes/hour = <<4*60=240>>240 minutes Then figure out how long Carson spends waiting for the roller coaster by multiplying the wait time per ride by the number of rides: 4 rides * 30 minutes/ride = <<4*30=120>>120 minutes Now subtract the time Carson spends on the roller coaster and tilt-a-whirl from the total time he spends at the park to find out how much time he has left: 240 minutes - 120 minutes - 60 minutes = <<240-120-60=60>>60 minutes Now divide the time Carson has left by the wait time for the giant slide to see how many times he can ride it: 60 minutes / 15 minutes/ride = <<60/15=4>>4 rides #### 4 There are 4,000 jelly beans in a jar. If three fourths of the jelly beans are red, and one quarter of the red jelly beans are coconut flavored, how many jelly beans are coconut flavored? There are 4000/4*3=<<4000/4*3=3000>>3000 red jelly beans. There are 3000/4=<<3000/4=750>>750 coconut flavored jelly beans. #### 750 Dan has two times as many stickers as Tom. Tom has 3 times as many stickers as Bob. If Bob has 12 stickers, how many does Dan have? Tom has 3*12=<<3*12=36>>36 stickers Dan has 2*36= <<2*36=72>>72 stickers #### 72 Adam needs a new laptop and has two choices. The first laptop is $500, and the second laptop is 3 times as costly as the first laptop. How much would Adam have to spend if he decides to buy both? The second laptop costs $500*3=$<<500*3=1500>>1500. Adam needs to spend $1500+$500=$<<1500+500=2000>>2000 for both. #### 2,000