At the circus, the clown has 3 dozen balloons on a string in his hand. 3 boys and 12 girls buy a balloon each. How many balloons is the clown still holding?

How many balloons does the clown have? ** The clown is holding 3 x 12 =

<<3*12=36>>36 balloons. How many children buy a balloon? ** This many children buy a balloon: 3 + 12 = <<3+12=15>>15 kids. How many balloons is the clown still holding? ** After the children buy the balloons, the clown is holding this many in his hand 36 - 15 = <<36-15=21>>21 balloons. #### 21 Gabby is saving money to buy a new makeup set. The makeup set costs $65 and she already has $35. Gabby’s mom gives her an additional $20. How much money does Gabby need to buy the set? How much money does Gabby have? ** Deduct the amount saved from the total cost of the set. $65 - $35 = $<<65-35=30>>30 How much money did Gabby receive? ** Deduct the amount of money Gabby received from her mom. $30 - $20 = $<<30-20=10>>10 #### 10 5,000 people live in a small town. 2,000 males live in that town and the rest of the population are females. Thirty percent of the female population wears glasses. How many females wear glasses? How many females live in the town? ** There are 5,000 - 2,000 = <<5000-2000=3000>>3,000 females that lives in the town. How many females wear glasses? ** Since thirty percent of the female population wears glasses, 30/100 * 3,000 = <<30/100*3000=900>>900 females wear glasses. #### 900 Miles is going to spend 1/6 of a day reading. He will read comic books, graphic novels, and novels. He reads 21 pages an hour when he reads novels, 30 pages an hour when he reads graphic novels, and 45 pages an hour when he reads comic books. If he reads each for 1/3 of his time, how many pages does he read? How many hours will Miles spend reading? ** Miles will read for 4 hours because 24 x (1/6) = <<24*(1/6)=4>>4 How many hours will Miles spend reading each type? ** He will read each type for 1 and 1/3 hours because 4 / 3 = 1 and 1/3 How many pages will Miles read of novels? ** He will read 28 pages of novels because 21 x (1 and 1/3) = 28 How many pages will Miles read of graphic novels? ** He will read 40 pages of graphic novels because 30 x (1 and 1/3) = 40 How many pages will Miles read of comic books? ** He will read 60 pages of comic books because 45 x (1 and 1/3) = 60 How many pages does Miles read in total? ** He will read 128 pages in total because 28 + 40 + 60 = <<28+40+60=128>>128 #### 128 A man decides to try and do everything off his bucket list while he is still young and fit enough to finish it all. One of his goals was to climb the seven summits. He realizes first he has to get in shape to do it and it takes him 2 years of working out to get healthy enough to take up mountain climbing. He then spends twice that long learning how to be a technically proficient mountain climber. After that he starts with the simplest mountain on the list and climbs them all. He spends 5 months climbing each mountain. After that he takes 13 months learning to dive and dives through all the caves he wants in 2 years. How much time did it take to get through all these goals? How long did it take him to get in shape? ** He spent 2*2=<<2*2=4>>4 years learning to climb How long did it take him to climb all 7 mountains? ** He spends 5*7=<<5*7=35>>35 months climbing all 7 mountains How long did it take him to dive? ** After a 13 month break, he starts diving so that is 35+13=<<35+13=48>>48 months How long did it take him to get through all these goals? ** That means it is 48/12=<<48/12=4>>4 years How much time did it take him to get through all these goals? ** So in total it all took 2+4+4+2=<<2+4+4+2=12>>12 years #### 12 A fixer uses 30% of the nails in a container to repair the kitchen. He also used 70% of the remaining nails in the container to repair the fence. If there were 400 nails in the container, how many nails are remaining? How many nails did the fixer use to fix the kitchen? ** The fixer used 30/100*400 = <<30/100*400=120>>120 nails to fix the kitchen. How many nails are remaining after the fixer fixes the kitchen? ** The number of nails remaining in the container after he fixes the kitchen is 400-120 = <<400-120=280>>280 How many nails does the fixer use to fix the fence? ** He also uses 70/100*280 = <<70/100*280=196>>196 of the nails remaining in the container to fix the fence. How many nails does the fixer not use? ** The total number of nails which the fixer hasn't used is 280-196 = <<280-196=84>>84 #### 84 Jen bought a bag of cookies and ate three-quarters of the bag that day. The next day, she ate half of the remaining cookies. She has 8 cookies left on the third day. How many cookies were in the bag to start? How many cookies did Jen have on the second day? ** On the third day, Jen had half of the second day’s cookies left, so on the second day, she had 8 * 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 cookies. How many cookies were in the bag to start? ** On the second day, she had 1/4 of the first day’s cookies left, so she started with 16 * 4 = <<16*4=64>>64 cookies in the bag. #### 64 A library has a number of books. 35% of them are intended for children and 104 of them are for adults. How many books are in the library? How many books are for adults? ** 65% of the library books are for adults because 100 - 35 = <<100-35=65>>65 How many books are in the library? ** There are 160 library books in total because 104 / .65 = <<104/.65=160>>160 #### 160 Janine read 5 books last month. This month, she read twice as many books. If each book has 10 pages, how many pages did Janine read in two months? How many books did Janine read this month? ** Janine read 5 x 2 = <<5*2=10>>10 books this month. How many books did Janine read in two months? ** So, she read a total of 5 + 10 = <<5+10=15>>15 books. How many pages did Janine read in two months? ** Therefore, she read 15 x 10 = <<15*10=150>>150 pages in all. #### 150 A movie ticket costs $5. The cost of the popcorn is 80% of the cost of the ticket and a can of soda costs 50% of the cost of the popcorn. A family bought 4 tickets, 2 sets of popcorn, and 4 cans of soda. How much did they spend? How much does the popcorn cost? ** The cost of the popcorn is $5 x 80/100 = $<<5*80/100=4>>4. How much does a can of soda cost? ** The cost of a can of soda is $4 x 50/100 = $<<4*50/100=2>>2. How much do the tickets cost? ** The cost of 4 tickets is $5 x 4 = $<<5*4=20>>20. How much does the popcorn cost? ** The cost of 2 sets of popcorn is $4 x 2 = $<<4*2=8>>8. How much does a can of soda cost? ** The cost of 4 cans of soda is $2 x 4 = $<<2*4=8>>8. How much did the family spend? ** Therefore, the family paid a total of $20 + $8 + $8 = $<<20+8+8=36>>36. #### 36