Oliver collects trading cards. He has twice as many Monster Club cards as Alien Baseball cards. His Battle Gremlins card collection is the largest at 48 cards, three times the size of his Alien Baseball card collection. How many Monster Club cards does Oliver have?
How many Alien Baseball cards does Oliver have? ** Oliver’s Alien Baseball card collection has 48 / 3 =
<<48/3=16>>16 cards. How many Monster Club cards does Oliver have? ** Oliver has twice as many Monster Club cards, so he has 16 * 2 = <<16*2=32>>32 Monster Club cards. #### 32 The kids in Ms. Swanson's class have an average of 5 zits each. The kids in Mr. Jones' class have an average of six zits each. If there are 25 kids in Ms. Swanson's class and 32 in Mr. Jones' class, how many more zits are there in Mr. Jones' class than in Ms. Swanson's? How many zits are there in Mr. Jones' class? ** First find the total number of zits in Mr. Jones' class: 6 zits/kid * 32 kids = <<6*32=192>>192 zits How many zits are there in Ms. Swanson's class? ** Then find the total number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class: 5 zits/kid * 25 kids = <<5*25=125>>125 zits How many more zits are there in Mr. Jones' class than in Ms. Swanson's? ** Then subtract the number of zits in Ms. Swanson's class from the number in Mr. Jones' class to find the difference: 192 zits - 125 zits = <<192-125=67>>67 zits #### 67 Malou got 91, 90, and 92 in her three quizzes. What is her average score? How many points did Malou get in total? ** The sum of the three quizzes that Malou got is 91 + 90 + 92 = <<91+90+92=273>>273. What is Malou's average score? ** So, her average score is 273/3 = <<273/3=91>>91. #### 91 Heisenberg owns a pharmacy. He earned a total of $80 from 100 mg amoxicillin and $60 from 500 mg amoxicillin every week. If each capsule of 100 mg amoxicillin costs $5 and each capsule of 500 mg amoxicillin costs $2, how many capsules of amoxicillin does he sell every 2 weeks? How many capsules of 100 mg amoxicillin does he sell every week? ** Heisenberg sells a total of $80/5= <<80/5=16>>16 capsules of 100 mg amoxicillin every week. How many capsules of 100 mg amoxicillin does he sell every 2 weeks? ** So, the total number of 100 mg amoxicillin he sells every 2 weeks is 16 x 2= <<16*2=32>>32. How many capsules of 500 mg amoxicillin does he sell every week? ** And he sells $60/2= <<60/2=30>>30 capsules of 500 mg amoxicillin every week. How many capsules of 500 mg amoxicillin does he sell every 2 weeks? ** So, the total number of 500 mg amoxicillin he sells every 2 weeks is 30 x 2= 60. How many capsules of amoxicillin does he sell every 2 weeks? ** Therefore, the total number of capsules he sells every 2 weeks is 60 + 32 = <<60+32=92>>92. #### 92 Kelly needs school supplies to teach her class for an art project. She has 8 students and they will need 3 pieces of construction paper each. In addition to the construction paper, she needs to buy 6 bottles of glue for everyone to share. After Kelly purchases these supplies, she dropped half of them down a storm drain. Class is about to start, but she manages to rush to the store and buy 5 more pieces of construction paper. How many supplies are left? How many pieces of construction paper does Kelly need? ** Kelly needs 8*3=<<8*3=24>>24 pieces of construction paper. How many pieces of construction paper and glue does Kelly buy? ** She buys glue which grows the supplies to 24+6=<<24+6=30>>30. How many supplies did Kelly drop? ** Unfortunately, she dropped 30/2=<<30/2=15>>15 supplies. How many supplies does Kelly buy? ** Rushing to the store, she buys more construction paper bringing her supplies back to 15+5=<<15+5=20>>20. #### 20 Bret takes a 9 hour train ride to go to Boston. He spends 2 hours reading a book, 1 hour to eat his dinner, and 3 hours watching movies on his computer. How many hours does he have left to take a nap? How many hours does he spend on the train? ** For all his activities on the train, Bret spends 2 + 1 + 3 = <<2+1+3=6>>6 hours. How many hours does he have left to take a nap? ** For his nap, he has 9 - 6 = <<9-6=3>>3 hours left. #### 3 Carrie harvested 200 tomatoes and 350 carrots on her farm. If she can sell a tomato for $1 and a carrot for $1.50, how much money can she make if she sells all of her tomatoes and carrots? How much money can Carrie make from selling her tomatoes? ** From selling her tomatoes, she can make 200 * $1 = $<<200*1=200>>200. How much money can Carrie make from selling her carrots? ** From selling her carrots, she can make 350 * $1.50 = $<<350*1.5=525>>525. How much money can Carrie make from selling her tomatoes and carrots? ** The total amount of money she can make is $200 + $525 = $<<200+525=725>>725. #### 725 6 kids in Carolyn's daycare prefer peas, 9 prefer carrots, and 5 prefer corn. What percentage of the children prefer corn? How many kids are there? ** First find the total number of children: 6 kids + 9 kids + 5 kids = <<6+9+5=20>>20 kids How many kids prefer corn? ** Then divide the number of kids who prefer corn by the total number of kids and multiply by 100% to express as a percentage: 5 kids / 20 kids * 100% = 25% #### 25 Jim has 2 rows of 4 trees to start. When he turns 10 he decides to plant a new row of trees every year on his birthday. On his 15th birthday after he doubles the number of trees he has. How many trees does he have? How many trees did Jim start with? ** He started with 2*4=<<2*4=8>>8 trees How many years does Jim plant trees? ** He plants trees for 15-10=<<15-10=5>>5 years How many trees did Jim plant? ** So he planted 5*4=<<5*4=20>>20 trees How many trees did Jim have after planting? ** So he had 20+8=<<20+8=28>>28 trees How many trees did Jim have after doubling? ** After doubling them he had 28*2=<<28*2=56>>56 trees #### 56 Johnny is out walking his two dogs at night, and his son joins him for the walk. How many legs' worth of organisms are traveling together for this walk? How many legs' worth of organisms are traveling together for this walk? ** As Johnny and his son are humans, and humans walk on two legs, this means that between the two of them there are 2*2=<<2*2=4>>4 legs' worth of organisms. How many legs' worth of organisms are traveling together for this walk? ** There are two dogs walking along as well, and since dogs walk on 4 legs this means there are 2*4=<<2*4=8>>8 legs' worth of organisms. How many legs' worth of organisms are traveling together for this walk? ** We add these two totals together to find there are 4+8=<<4+8=12>>12 legs' worth of organisms in total. #### 12