Nedy can eat 8 packs of crackers from Monday to Thursday. If Nedy ate twice the amount on Friday, how many crackers did Nedy eat in all?
Nedy can eat 8 x 4 =
<<8*4=32>>32 crackers from Monday to Thursday. He can eat 8 x 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 packs of crackers on Friday. Therefore, Nedy ate 32 + 16 = <<32+16=48>>48 crackers in all. #### 48 John's car gets 30 mpg. He drives 20 miles to work each way 5 days a week. He also drives another 40 miles a week for leisure travel. How many gallons of gas does he use a week? He drives 20*2=<<20*2=40>>40 miles per day for work So he drives 40*5=<<40*5=200>>200 miles for work So he drives a total of 200+40=<<200+40=240>>240 miles per week That means he uses 240/30=<<240/30=8>>8 gallons of gas a week #### 8 On Saturdays and Sundays, Suzanne makes french toast for the family. She and her husband each have 1 whole slice and her daughters split 1 slice. She uses a thick sliced bread that comes 12 slices per loaf. Over 52 weeks, how many loaves of bread will she need to make french toast? She and her husband have 1 slice each and her children split 1 slice so that's 1+1+.5+.5 = <<1+1+.5+.5=3>>3 slices She makes 3 pieces of french toast on Saturday and Sunday for a total of 3*2 = <<3*2=6>>6 slices per weekend If she uses 6 slices per weekend then over 52 weeks she will have used 6*52 = <<6*52=312>>312 slices She gets 12 slices per loaf and she needs 312 slices so she needs 312/12 = <<312/12=26>>26 loaves #### 26 Iain has 200 pennies. He realizes that 30 of his pennies are older than he is. If he wishes to get rid of these pennies and then throw out 20% of his remaining pennies, how many will he have left? Start with taking out the older pennies 200 pennies - 30 pennies = <<200-30=170>>170 pennies Take the 170 pennies * .20 = <<170*.20=34>>34 170 pennies - 34 pennies = <<170-34=136>>136 pennies. #### 136 Jameson has 20 medals. Five of the medals are for the track. He has two times as many swimming medals as track medals. The rest of the medals are for badminton. How many badminton medals does he have? Jameson has 5 x 2 = <<5*2=10>>10 medals for swimming. He has a total of 5 + 10 = <<5+10=15>>15 medals for track and swimming. Thus, he has 20 - 15 = <<20-15=5>>5 medals for badminton. #### 5 As Dan is learning to screen-print t-shirts to sell at the craft fair, he makes t-shirts, over the first hour, at the rate of one every 12 minutes. Then, in the second hour, he makes one at the rate of every 6 minutes. How many t-shirts does he make over the course of those two hours? He made 60/12=<<60/12=5>>5 the first hour. He made 60/6=<<60/6=10>>10 the second hour. He made 5+10=<<5+10=15>>15 #### 15 At a middle school, 20% of the students are in the band. If 168 students are in the band, how many students go to the middle school? Let X be the number of students in the middle school. We know that X*20% = 168 students are in the band. So there are X = 168/20% = 840 students in the middle school. #### 840 Nina has four times more math homework and eight times more reading homework than Ruby. If Ruby has six math homework and two reading homework, how much homework is Nina having altogether? Nina has four times more math homework than Ruby, meaning she has 6*4 = <<4*6=24>>24 more math homework than Ruby. The total number of math homework that Nina has is 24+6= <<24+6=30>>30 Nina also has eight times more reading homework than Ruby, a total of 8*2 = <<8*2=16>>16 more reading homework. In total, Nina has 16+2 = <<16+2=18>>18 reading homework. Altogether, Ruby has 18+30 = <<18+30=48>>48 homework. #### 48 Julie works at a restaurant that pays her an hourly rate of $5. She works 8 hours a day and 6 days a week. How much is her monthly salary if she was not able to go to work for a day? Julie's daily earnings are $5 x 8 = $<<5*8=40>>40. Her weekly earnings are $40 x 6 = $<<40*6=240>>240. Her monthly earnings are $240 x 4 = $<<240*4=960>>960. Since she was not able to work for a day, her salary will be $960 - $40 = $<<960-40=920>>920. #### 920 Aziz's parents moved to America in 1982. The year is 2021 and Aziz just celebrated his 36th birthday. How many years had his parents been living in America before Aziz was born? Aziz was born in the year 2021 - 36 years = <<2021-36=1985>>1985. Therefore, Aziz's parents had been living in America for 1985 - 1982 = <<1985-1982=3>>3 years. #### 3