For a New Year’s Eve appetizer, Alex is serving caviar with potato chips and creme fraiche. He buys 3 individual bags of potato chips for $1.00 each and dollops each chip with some creme fraiche that costs $5.00 and then the $73.00 caviar. This appetizer will serve 3 people. How much will this appetizer cost per person?

He buys 3 bags of potato chips for $1.00 each so that’s 3*1 = $

<<3*1=3.00>>3.00 The chips are $3.00, the creme fraiche is $5.00 and the caviar is $73.00 for a total of 3+5+73 = $<<3+5+73=81.00>>81.00 The appetizer costs $81.00 and will serve 3 people so it will cost 81/3 = $<<81/3=27.00>>27.00 per person #### 27 The number of elephants at Gestures For Good park is 3 times as many as the number of elephants at We Preserve For Future park. If there are 70 elephants at We Preserve For Future, calculate the total number of elephants in the two parks. At We Preserve For Future, the number of elephants is 70, 3 times the number at Gestures For Good park, meaning there are 3*70 = <<70*3=210>>210 elephants at Gestures For Good park. The total number of elephants in the two parks is 210+70 = <<210+70=280>>280 #### 280 Jake earns thrice what Jacob does. If Jacob earns $6 per hour, how much does Jake earn in 5 days working 8 hours a day? Jake earns $6 * 3 = $<<6*3=18>>18 per hour. Working, 8 hour in a day, he earns $18 * 8 = $<<8*18=144>>144. So in 5 days, Jake earns $144 x 5 = $<<144*5=720>>720. #### 720 Kevin's fish tank was leaking slowly at a rate of 1.5 ounces per hour. He planned to go to the fish tank store later that day to get a new tank, but it may be as long as 12 hours before he can return home with the new tank. Therefore, to collect the leaking fluid over that time, he placed a bucket underneath the tank that could hold twice the amount of fluid that would leak over 12 hours. What size bucket, in ounces, did he use? Over 12 hours, a leak of 1.5 ounces per hour for 12 hours would generate 1.5*12=<<1.5*12=18>>18 ounces. A bucket that can hold twice the volume leaked is 18*2=<<18*2=36>>36 ounces. #### 36 Claire was in charge of passing out free balloons to all the children at the fair. She started with 50 balloons. While passing 1 balloon to a little girl, 12 balloons floated away. Over the next thirty minutes, she gave 9 more away and grabbed the last 11 from her coworker. How many balloons does Claire have? As she gave 1 balloon out, 12 balloons floated away plus she gave away 9 more balloons so she is down 1+12+9 = <<1+12+9=22>>22 balloons She started with 50 and gave/lost 22 balloons so she has 50-22 = <<50-22=28>>28 balloons She also took her coworkers last 11 balloons so her new total is 28+11 = <<28+11=39>>39 balloons #### 39 Cassidy collects movie posters from newly released sci-fi movies. After this summer, she will have six more posters in her collection, making it double the size it was two years ago when she had 14 posters. How many posters does she have now? Let C be the number of posters Cassidy has now. After this summer, she will have twice as many posters as when she had 14, so she will have C + 6 = 2 * 14 = 28 posters. Thus, Cassidy has C = 28 - 6 = <<28-6=22>>22 posters now. #### 22 At its current growth rate, a certain plant will be 80 feet tall after a year. If the plant grows at the same rate every month and is currently 20 feet tall, what's its monthly growth rate in feet? If the plant is currently 20 feet tall, it will have grown by 80-20=<<80-20=60>>60 feet after a year. Since a year has 12 months, and the tree grows at the same rate every month, the tree grows at 60/12=<<60/12=5>>5 feet every month. #### 5 Mrs. Oaklyn buys handmade rugs at $40 each and sells them at $60 each. If she bought 20 rugs, calculate the profit she will make from selling the rugs. Since she buys one rug at $40 and sells it at $60, she makes a profit of $60-$40 = $<<60-40=20>>20 If she bought 20 rugs at $40 and sold them at $60 each, she made a profit of 20*$20 = $400 #### 400 Elvis and Ralph are to make square shapes with matchsticks from a box containing 50 matchsticks. Elvis makes 4-matchstick squares and Ralph makes 8-matchstick squares. If Elvis makes 5 squares and Ralph makes 3, how many matchsticks will be left in the box? Elvis makes 5 squares with 4 matchsticks each for a total of 5*4 = <<5*4=20>>20 matchsticks Ralph makes 3 squares with 8 matchsticks each for a total of 8*3 = <<3*8=24>>24 matchsticks They used a total of 20+24 = <<20+24=44>>44 matchsticks There will be 50-44 = <<50-44=6>>6 matchsticks left in the box #### 6 One and a half increase in the productivity in Tutuwanas saw-mill this year was due to the Albaszu machine's being finally repaired. If the Albaszu machine was cutting 10 trees daily, how many trees is it cutting now after its improvement? The increase in productivity of the Albaszu machine was one and a half, which is 1 1/2 or 3/2. This means there was an increase of 3/2*10=<<3/2*10=15>>15 trees that the machine was cutting after it was repaired. Currently, the Albaszu machine is cutting 15+10=<<15+10=25>>25 trees each day. #### 25