Ray buys a pack of hamburger meat for $5.00, a box of crackers for $3.50, 4 bags of frozen vegetables at $2.00 per bag and a pack of cheese for $3.50 at the grocery store. Because he is a store rewards member, he gets 10% off of his purchase. What does his total grocery bill come to?

He buys 4 bags of frozen vegetables for $2.00 a bag so that’s 4*2 = $

<<4*2=8.00>>8.00 The meat is $5.00, the crackers are $3.50, the vegetables are $8.00 and the cheese is $3.50 for a total of 5+3.50+8+3.50 = $<<5+3.5+8+3.5=20.00>>20.00 He gets 10% discount on his $20.00 purchase so that’s .10*20 = $<<20*.10=2.00>>2.00 off His final grocery bill will be 20-2 = $<<20-2=18.00>>18.00 #### 18 Gretchen draws caricatures in the park on the weekends. She charges $20.00 per drawing. If she sold 24 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday, how much money did she make? She drew 24 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday for a total of 24+16 = <<24+16=40>>40 drawings She charges $20.00 per drawing and she drew 40 caricatures so she made $20*40 = $<<20*40=800>>800 #### 800 James has 3 more than 2 times the number of Oreos Jordan has. If there are 36 Oreos total, how many does Jordan have? Let x represent the number of Oreos Jordan has James:3+2x Oreos Total:3+2x+x=36 3x+3=36 3x=33 x=<<11=11>>11 Oreos #### 11 Sandra eats 3 beignets every morning. How many beignets will she eat in 16 weeks? She eats 3 beignets every morning and there are 7 days in a week so she eats 3*7 = <<3*7=21>>21 beignets in a week She eats 21 beignets in a week so over 16 weeks she will have eaten 21*16 = <<336=336>>336 beignets #### 336 Miss Adamson has four classes with 20 students each. She makes a study guide for her class and uses 5 sheets of paper per student. How many sheets of paper will she use for all of her students? Miss Adamson has a total of 4 x 20 = <<4*20=80>>80 students. Thus, she will use 80 x 5 = <<80*5=400>>400 sheets of paper for all of her students. #### 400 Melissa works on a poultry farm. She drives to town twice each month to buy supplies. If it takes her 3 hours to drive to town and back, how many hours does Melissa spend driving in a year? Melissa spends 2x3=<<2*3=6>>6 hours driving each month. Since there are 12 months in a year, she spends 6x12=<<6*12=72>>72 hours driving each year. #### 72 James buys 3 packs of candy. He pays with a $20 bill and gets $11 change. How much did each pack of candy cost? The candy cost 20-11=$<<20-11=9>>9 So he pays 9/3=$<<9/3=3>>3 per candy #### 3 Spot sells cookies in bags and boxes. Each bag has 7 cookies. Each box has 12 cookies. How many more cookies are in 8 boxes than there are in 9 bags? The total number of cookies in 8 boxes is 8 boxes * 12 cookies / box = <<8*12=96>>96 cookies The total number of cookies in 9 bags is 9 bags * 7 cookies / bags = <<9*7=63>>63 cookies There are 96 - 63 = <<96-63=33>>33 more cookies in the boxes than in the bags. #### 33 A gumball machine has red, green, and blue gumballs. The machine has half as many blue gumballs as red gumballs. For each blue gumball, the machine has 4 times as many green gumballs. If the machine has 16 red gumballs how many gumballs are in the machine? There are 16/2=<<16/2=8>>8 blue gumballs. There are 8*4=<<8*4=32>>32 green gumballs. There are 16+32+8=<<16+32+8=56>>56 total gumballs. #### 56 Léa bought one book for $16, three binders for $2 and six notebooks for $1. Calculate the total cost of her purchases. The binders cost 3 binders * $2/binder = $<<3*2=6>>6 The notebooks cost 6 notebooks * $1/notebook = $<<6*1=6>>6 The amount of Lea’s purchases is: $16 + $6 + $6 = $<<16+6+6=28>>28 #### 28