Tony has two fish. Every year, his parents buy him two more, but one of them dies. How many fish will he have in five years?

Each year Tony has one more fish than before because 2 - 1 =

<<2-1=1>>1 In five years, he will have 5 more fish because 5 x 1 = <<5*1=5>>5 In five years he will have 7 fish because 2 + 5 = <<2+5=7>>7 #### 7 A pea patch is twice as big as a radish patch. If one sixth of the pea patch is 5 square feet. How much is a whole radish patch in square feet? A whole pea patch is 5*6 = <<5*6=30>>30 square feet. A radish patch is 30/2 = <<30/2=15>>15 square feet. #### 15 Mimi picked up 2 dozen seashells on the beach. Kyle found twice as many shells as Mimi and put them in his pocket. Leigh grabbed one-third of the shells that Kyle found. How many seashells did Leigh have? Mimi has 2 x 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 sea shells. Kyle has 24 x 2 = <<24*2=48>>48 sea shells. Leigh has 48 / 3 = <<48/3=16>>16 sea shells. #### 16 Alvin is selling his marble set. He has 100 marbles. 20% are white, 30% are black, and the rest are different colors. He sells the white ones for a nickel each, the black ones for a dime each, and the colors for $0.20 each. How much does he earn? He has 20 white marbles because 100 x .2 = <<100*.2=20>>20 He has 30 black marbles because 100 x .3 = <<100*.3=30>>30 He has 50 color marbles because 100 - 20 - 30 = <<100-20-30=50>>50 He earns $1 from white marbles because 20 x .05 = <<20*.05=1>>1 He earns $3 from the black marbles because 30 x .1 = <<30*.1=3>>3 He earns $10 from the colors because 50 x .2 = <<50*.2=10>>10 He earns $14 in total because 1 + 3 + 10 = <<1+3+10=14>>14 #### 14 Susan is picking strawberries. She's trying to fill her basket, but out of every handful of 5 strawberries she can't help but eat one of them herself. If her basket holds 60 strawberries, how many berries will she actually pick before she fills it? Out of every 5 berries, she eats 1, so only 5 strawberries - 1 strawberry = <<5-1=4>>4 strawberries go into the basket for each handful. The basket holds 60 strawberries, so it will take 60 strawberries / 4 strawberries per handful = <<60/4=15>>15 handfuls to fill the basket. So in total, Susan will pick 60 strawberries + 15 handfuls * 1 strawberry eaten per handful = <<60+15*1=75>>75 strawberries. #### 75 Caden has four jars of coins. One jar of pennies, one jar of nickels, one jar of dimes and one jar of quarters. He has twice as many quarters as he does dimes. He has five times as many nickels as he does dimes. He has three times as many pennies as he does nickels. If he has 120 pennies, how much money does he have? Starting with 120 pennies he has $1.20 If he has three times as many pennies as he does nickels, he has 120 pennies / 3 nickels per penny = 40 nickels. 40 nickels = 40 * $0.05 = $<<40*0.05=2>>2 If he has five times as many nickels as dimes he has 40 nickels / 5 dimes per nickel = 8 dimes. 8 * $0.10 = $<<40/5*0.10=0.80>>0.80 if he has twice as many quarters than he does dimes, he has 8 dimes * 2 quarters per dime = 16 quarters = 16 *$ 0.25 = $<<8*2*0.25=4.00>>4.00 In all he has $1.20 + $2.00 + $0.80 + $4.00 = $<<1.20+2+0.8+4=8.00>>8.00 #### 8 A retail store wants to hire 50 new phone reps to assist with the increased call volume that they will experience over the holiday. Each phone rep will work 8 hours a day and will be paid $14.00 an hour. After 5 days, how much will the company pay all 50 new employees? There are 50 reps and they will work 8 hour days so that's 50*8 = <<50*8=400>>400 hours They will work 5 days a week so that's 5*400 = <<5*400=2000>>2,000 hours Each worker will be paid $14.00 an hour and in 5 days they will have worked 2,000 hours so that's 14*2000 = $<<14*2000=28000>>28,000 #### 28000 While planning to finish reading a 140-page book in one week, Jessy initially decides to read 3 times daily, 6 pages each time, every day of the week. How many more pages should she read per day to actually achieve her goal? To achieve her goal, she must read 140/7 = <<140/7=20>>20 pages per day She planned to read 3 * 6 = <<3*6=18>>18 pages daily She must read 20 - 18 = <<20-18=2>>2 more pages per day #### 2 Keanu's motorcycle can store 8 liters of gasoline. If his destination is 280 miles away and his motorcycle consumes 8 liters of gasoline per 40 miles, how many times does Keanu have to refill his motorcycle with gasoline if he will make a round trip? The total number of miles for a round trip is 280 x 2= <<280*2=560>>560. Therefore, he needs to refill his motorcycle 560/40 = <<560/40=14>>14 times. #### 14 Tracy has been collecting novels from her friends to donate to the Children For The Future charity organization. In the first week she collects a certain number of books. In the next five weeks, she collects ten times as many books as she did in the first week. How many books did she collect in the first week if she has 99 books now? Let's say the number of books she had in the first week is x. After six weeks, Tracy has x + x*10 = 99 books. Combining like terms, we get 11x = 99 Dividing both sides by 11, we find that the number of books Tracy had in the first week is x = 9 #### 9