For the gala luncheon planning committee, Margaret wants to serve chicken salad sandwiches using mini croissants. She wants there to be enough food that each person on the committee can have 2 sandwiches each. Her bakery offers 12 minis croissants for $8.00. There are 24 people on the committee. How much will she spend on croissants?

There are 24 people on the committee and she wants 2 sandwiches per person so that's 24*2 =

<<24*2=48>>48 sandwiches She can buy the croissants by the dozen and she needs 48 croissants so she needs 48/12 = <<48/12=4>>4 dozen croissants A dozen croissants cost $8.00 and she needs 4 dozens so that will costs 8*4 = $<<8*4=32.00>>32.00 #### 32 The average number of fruits per basket in five baskets is 25. If basket A contains 15 apples, B has 30 mangoes, C has 20 peaches, D has 25 pears and E has some bananas, how many bananas are in basket E? Each basket contains an average of 25 fruits so the 5 baskets in all contain 25*5 = <<25*5=125>>125 fruits The number of apples, mangoes, peaches and pears is 15+30+20+25 = <<15+30+20+25=90>>90 The remaining fruits are bananas and they are 125-90 = <<125-90=35>>35 in number #### 35 Braden had $400 in his money box. He had also placed a bet today with Byan that the Raptors will beat the Bulls. If the game's outcome was as Braden predicted, and he and Bryan had agreed to give the winner twice as much money as Braden had in his money box, calculate the total amount of money Braden had in his money box after winning the bet? If they agreed to give the winner twice as much money as Braden had in his money box, after winning the bet, Braden received 2*$400=$<<2*400=800>>800 Braden increased the total amount of money in his money box to $800+$400 = $<<800+400=1200>>1200 #### 1200 Bobby has three squares of fabric that he will turn into a flag. The first square is 8 feet by 5 feet. The second one is 10 feet by 7 feet. The third one is 5 feet by 5 feet. If he wants his flag to be 15 feet long, how tall will it be? The first square is 40 square feet because 8 x 5 = <<8*5=40>>40 The second square is 70 feet because 10 x 7= <<10*7=70>>70 The third square is 25 feet because 5 x 5 = <<5*5=25>>25 The total square footage is 135 feet because 40 + 70 + 25 = <<40+70+25=135>>135 The flag will be 9 feet tall because 135 / 15 = <<135/15=9>>9 #### 9 June has $500 for buying school supplies for the new school year. She buys four maths books at $20 each, six more science books than maths books at $10 each, and twice as many art books as maths books at $20 each. If she also bought music books, how much money did she spend on music books? The total cost of maths books is 4*20 = $<<4*20=80>>80$. She bought six more science books than maths books which totals 6+4 = <<6+4=10>>10 books. If each science book cost her $10 she spent 10*10 = $<<10*10=100>>100 on science books. There were twice as many art books as maths books which total 2*4 = <<2*4=8>>8 The total cost for art books is 8*20 = $<<8*20=160>>160 The total amount that she used for maths, science, and art books is 160+100+80 = $<<160+100+80=340>>340 The amount she spent on music books is 500 - 340 = $<<500-340=160>>160 #### 160 John decides to take up illustration. He draws and colors 10 pictures. It takes him 2 hours to draw each picture and 30% less time to color each picture. How long does he spend on all the pictures? The coloring takes 2*.3=<<2*.3=.6>>.6 hours less than the drawing So it takes 2-.6=<<2-.6=1.4>>1.4 hours per picture So it takes him 2+1.4=<<2+1.4=3.4>>3.4 hours per picture That means it takes 3.4*10=<<3.4*10=34>>34 hours #### 34 In the Golden State Team, each player earned points. Draymond earned 12 points, Curry earned twice the points as Draymond, Kelly earned 9, Durant earned twice the points as Kelly, Klay earned half the points as Draymond. How many points did the Golden States have in total? Curry earned 12 x 2 = <<12*2=24>>24 points. Durant earned 9 x 2 = <<9*2=18>>18 points. Klay earned 12 / 2 = <<12/2=6>>6 points. Therefore, Golden States has a total of 12 + 24 + 9 + 18 + 6 = <<12+24+9+18+6=69>>69 points. #### 69 A group of 30 tourists sets out on a walking tour of the rainforest. Two tourists are eaten by anacondas, then half the remaining tourists try to pet poisonous dart frogs and get poisoned. If only 1/7 of the poisoned tourists recovered, how many tourists are left at the end of the tour? First, subtract the two tourists the anacondas got from the initial 30 tourists: 30 - 2 = <<30-2=28>>28 Next, divide 28 by two to find out how many tourists got poisoned: 28 / 2 = <<28/2=14>>14. Now figure out how many of the 14 poisoned tourists recovered: 14 / 7 = <<14/7=2>>2. The total number of surviving tourists is 14 + 2 = <<14+2=16>>16. #### 16 Kirill is 14 less centimeters in height than his brother. Together their heights equal 112 centimeters. How tall is Kirill in centimeters? Let B = brother's height in cm Kirill = B - <<14=14>>14 2B - 14 = 112 cm 2B = 126 B = <<63=63>>63 cm Kirill = 63 - 14 = <<63-14=49>>49 cm Kirill is 49 centimeters tall. #### 49 James listens to super-fast music. It is 200 beats per minute. He listens to 2 hours of music a day. How many beats does he hear per week? He listens to 2*60=<<2*60=120>>120 minutes of music a day So he hears 200*120=<<200*120=24000>>24000 beats per day That means he hears 24,000*7=<<24000*7=168000>>168,000 beats per week #### 168000