There is very little car traffic on Happy Street. During the week, most cars pass it on Tuesday - 25. On Monday, 20% less than on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, 2 more cars than on Monday. On Thursday and Friday, it is about 10 cars each day. On the weekend, traffic drops to 5 cars per day. How many cars travel down Happy Street from Monday through Sunday?

How many cars are there on Monday? ** On Monday there are 20/100 * 25 =

<<20/100*25=5>>5 cars passing the street less than on Tuesday. How many cars are there on Monday? ** So on Monday, there are 25 - 5 = <<25-5=20>>20 cars on Happy Street. How many cars are there on Wednesday? ** On Wednesday, there are 20 + 2 = <<20+2=22>>22 cars on this street. How many cars are there on Thursday and Friday? ** On Thursday and Friday, there is a total of 10 * 2 = <<10*2=20>>20 cars passing. How many cars are there on the weekend? ** On the weekend 5 * 2 = <<5*2=10>>10 cars are passing. How many cars travel down Happy Street from Monday through Sunday? ** So from Monday through Sunday, there are 20 + 25 + 22 + 20 + 10 = <<20+25+22+20+10=97>>97 cars traveling down the street. #### 97 Henry took 9 pills a day for 14 days. Of these 9 pills, 4 pills cost $1.50 each, and the other pills each cost $5.50 more. How much did he spend in total on the pills? How many other pills were there? ** There were 9-4 = <<9-4=5>>5 other pills How much did each of the other pills cost? ** Each of the other pills cost 1.50+5.50 = <<1.50+5.50=7>>7 dollars each. How much did the other pills cost, in total? ** The 5 pills cost a total of 7*5 = <<7*5=35>>35 dollars. How much did the first 4 pills cost, in total? ** The first 4 pills cost 1.50*4 = <<1.50*4=6>>6 dollars in total. How much did he spend in total on the pills? ** Henry spent a total of 35+6 = <<35+6=41>>41 dollars. #### 41 Alyssa, Keely, and Kendall ordered 100 chicken nuggets from a fast-food restaurant. Keely and Kendall each ate twice as many as Alyssa. How many did Alyssa eat? How many nuggets did Alyssa eat? ** To figure out this problem we need to turn it into an equation. Let’s make A the number of nuggets Alyssa ate. We know all three girls ate 100 nuggets total, so 100 nuggets = A (how many Alyssa ate) + 2A (how many Keely ate) + 3A (how many Kendall ate) or 100 = A + 2A + 3A which is 100 = 5A How many nuggets did Alyssa eat? ** Then we will divide each side by 5 to figure out how many nuggets Alyssa ate, 100/5 = 5A/5 or 20 = A. #### 20 Marvin and Tina were selling candy bars to help fund their class trip. The candy bars cost $2 each. Marvin sold 35 candy bars total. Tina sold three times the number of candy bars as Marvin. How much more money did Tina make for the class trip selling candy bars compared to Marvin? How much money did Marvin make selling candy bars? ** Marvin sold 35 candy bars at $2 each so 35 * 2 = $<<35*2=70>>70 worth of candy How much money did Tina make selling candy bars? ** Tina sold three times the amount of candy so $70 * 3 = $<<70*3=210>>210 worth of candy How much more money did Tina make selling candy bars compared to Marvin? ** If Tina sold $210 worth of candy and Marvin sold $70 in candy then 210 - 70 = $<<210-70=140>>140 more sold than Marvin #### 140 Paul went to a shop to buy some groceries. He bought some bread for $2, butter for $3, and juice for two times the price of the bread. He had $15 for his shopping. How much money did Paul have left? How much did the juice cost? ** The price of the juice was 2 * 2 = $<<2*2=4>>4. How much did Paul pay in total? ** So in total he paid for his shopping 2 + 3 + 4 = $<<2+3+4=9>>9. How much money did Paul have left? ** That means he had 15 - 9 = $<<15-9=6>>6 left. #### 6 Lilah's family gallery has 400 photos. On a two-day trip to the Grand Canyon, they took half as many photos they have in the family's gallery on the first day and 120 more photos than they took on the first day on the second day. If they added all these photos to the family gallery, calculate the total number of photos in the gallery. How many photos did the family take on the first day? ** On their first day to the grand canyon, the family took half as many photos as the ones they have in the gallery, meaning they took 1/2*400 = <<400/2=200>>200 photos. How many photos are in the family's gallery? ** The total number of photos if they add the ones they took on the first day to the family's gallery is 400+200 = <<400+200=600>>600 How many photos did the family take on the second day? ** On the second day, they took 120 more photos than they took on the first day, a total of 200+120 = <<200+120=320>>320 photos. How many photos will the family have after adding the photos they took on the second day? ** After adding the photos they took on the second day to the galley, the number of photos will be 600+320 = <<600+320=920>>920 #### 920 Baez has 25 marbles. She loses 20% of them one day. Then a friend sees her and gives her double the amount that Baez has after she lost them. How many marbles does Baez end up with? How many marbles does Baez lose? ** She loses 5 marbles because 25 x .2 = <<25*.2=5>>5 How many marbles does Baez have after losing them? ** She has 20 marbles after this because 25 - 5 = <<25-5=20>>20 How many marbles does Baez get from her friend? ** Her friend gives her 40 marbles because 20 x 2 = <<20*2=40>>40 How many marbles does Baez end up with? ** Adding those marbles to the 20 she had before, she ends up with 40 marbles + 20 marbles = <<40+20=60>>60 marbles #### 60 Ed has 2 dogs, 3 cats and twice as many fish as cats and dogs combined. How many pets does Ed have in total? How many pets does Ed have? ** If Ed has 2 dogs and 3 cats he has in total 2+3 = <<2+3=5>>5 pets that are not fish How many fish does Ed have? ** If Ed has twice as many cats and dogs combined he has 2*5 = <<2*5=10>>10 fish How many pets does Ed have in total? ** Therefore, in total Ed has 5+10 = <<5+10=15>>15 pets #### 15 There are some jelly beans in a jar. Three fourths of the jelly beans are red, and one quarter of the red jelly beans are coconut flavored. If 750 jelly beans are coconut flavored, how many jelly beans are there in the jar? How many red jelly beans are there? ** There are 750*4=<<750*4=3000>>3000 red jelly beans. How many jelly beans are there in the jar? ** There are 3000/3*4=<<3000/3*4=4000>>4000 jelly beans in the jar. #### 4000 Valerie needs to put stamps on the envelopes she is about to mail. She has thank you cards for each of her grandmother, uncle and aunt for the birthday presents they sent. She also has to pay the water bill and the electric bill separately. She wants to send three more mail-in rebates than she does bills and she has twice as many job applications as rebates to mail. How many stamps does she need if everything needs 1 stamp except the electric bill, which needs 2? How many thank you cards does Valerie have to send? ** Valerie has to send a thank you card to each of 3 people, so she has 3 * 1 = <<3*1=3>>3 thank you cards to mail. How many bills does Valerie have to mail? ** She has 2 bills to mail. How many mail-in rebates does Valerie have to mail? ** She has 3 more rebates than bills, so 3 + 2 = <<3+2=5>>5 mail-in rebates to mail. How many applications does Valerie have to mail? ** She has twice as many job applications as rebates, so she has 2 * 5 = <<2*5=10>>10 applications to mail. How many pieces of mail does Valerie have to send? ** She has 3 + 2 + 5 + 10 = <<3+2+5+10=20>>20 pieces of mail to send. How many stamps does Valerie need? ** The electric bill needs an extra stamp, so she needs 20 + 1 = <<20+1=21>>21 stamps. #### 21