Kylie has 34 stamps in her collection. Her friend, Nelly, has 44 more stamps than Kylie. How many stamps do Kylie and Nelly have together?

How many stamps does Nelly have? ** Nelly has 34 + 44 =

<<34+44=78>>78 stamps. How many stamps do Kylie and Nelly have together? ** Thus, Kylie and Nelly have 34 + 78 = <<34+78=112>>112 stamps. #### 112 The price of a book was $400. If the book's price is decreased by 15% and then increased by 40%, what is the final price of the book? How much is the total price decrease? ** When the price of the book is decreased by 15%, the total price decrease is 15/100*$400=$<<15/100*400=60>>60 What is the new price of the book? ** The new price of the book becomes $400-$60 = $<<400-60=340>>340 What is the final price of the book? ** The price of the book is then increased by 40/100*340 = $<<40/100*340=136>>136 What is the final price of the book? ** The final price of the book is $340+$136 = $<<340+136=476>>476 #### 476 Alex and his friend had a free throw contest. Alex made 8 baskets. Sandra made three times as many baskets as Alex and Hector made two times the number of baskets that Sandra made. How many baskets did they make in total? How many baskets did Sandra make? ** Sandra made 3*8=<<3*8=24>>24 baskets How many baskets did Hector make? ** Hector made 24*2=<<24*2=48>>48 baskets. How many baskets did Alex, Sandra and Hector make in total? ** In total they made 8+24+48= <<8+24+48=80>>80 baskets #### 80 Zoe made a total of $8,000 cleaning pools and babysitting. She babysat Julie three times as often as she babysat Zachary. The number of times she babysat Zachary was 1/5 the number of times she babysat Chloe. If Zoe made $600 babysitting Zachary, how much did she earn from pool cleaning? How much did Zoe make from babysitting Julie? ** From babysitting Julie, Zoe made 3 * 600 = <<3*600=1800>>1800 dollars, since she made $600 babysitting Zachary and she babysat Julie three times as often How much did Zoe make from babysitting Chloe? ** Since she babysat Zachary 1/5 as often as she babysat Chloe, she made an additional 5 * 600 = <<5*600=3000>>3000 dollars from babysitting Chloe. How much did Zoe make from babysitting? ** All together, the babysitting sessions made Zoe 600 + 1800 + 3000 = <<600+1800+3000=5400>>5400 dollars How much did Zoe make from pool cleaning? ** Subtracting babysitting payments from the total gives 8000 - 5400 = <<8000-5400=2600>>2600 dollars How much did Zoe make from pool cleaning? ** Zoe therefore made 2600 dollars cleaning pools. #### 2600 Jorge has an equal number of baseball cards as Matias, who has 6 fewer cards than Carlos. If Carlos has 20 baseball cards, what is the total number of baseball cards the three have? How many cards does Matias have? ** If Carlos has 20 cards, Matias has 20-6 = <<20-6=14>>14 baseball cards. How many cards do Matias and Jorge have? ** Since Matias and Jorge have the same amount of baseball cards, the total number of cards the three have is 14+14+20 =<<14+14+20=48>>48 cards. #### 48 The town of Centerville spends 15% of its annual budget on its public library. Centerville spent $3,000 on its public library and 24% on the public parks. How much is left of the annual budget? How much does the town spend on the library? ** The entire budget of Centerville is $3000 / 0.15 = $<<3000/0.15=20000>>20,000 How much does the town spend on the parks? ** The budget for the parks is $20,000 * 0.24 =$<<20000*0.24=4800>>4,800 How much is left of the annual budget? ** After the park and the library there will be $20,000 - ($3,000 + $4,800) = $<<20000-(3000+4800)=12200>>12,200 left in the budget. #### 12,200 Nina enjoys keeping insects as pets. She has 3 spiders and 50 ants. Each spider has 8 eyes. Each ant has 2 eyes. How many eyes are there in total among Nina’s pet insects? How many eyes are there in total from the spiders? ** The number of eyes from the spiders is 3 * 8 = <<3*8=24>>24 eyes How many eyes are there in total from the ants? ** The number of eyes from the ants is 50 * 2 = <<50*2=100>>100 eyes How many eyes are there in total among Nina’s pet insects? ** The total number of eyes among Nina’s insects is 24 + 100 = <<24+100=124>>124 eyes #### 124 Emily has 7 times as many oranges as Sandra. Sandra has 3 times as many oranges as Betty. If Betty has 12 oranges, how many oranges does Emily have? How many oranges does Sandra have? ** Sandra has 3 * 12 = <<3*12=36>>36 oranges. How many oranges does Emily have? ** So, Emily has 7 * 36 = <<7*36=252>>252 oranges. #### 252 At A.T. Cross Luxury Pens, a pencil sells at twenty-five cents while a pen sells at fifteen cents. Bowen buys 40 pens and 2/5 times more pencils than pens from A.T. Cross Luxury Pens. Calculate the total amount of money Bowen spends. How many more pencils did Bowen buy than pens? ** Bowen bought 2/5 * 40 pens = <<2/5*40=16>>16 more pencils than pens. How many pencils did Bowen buy? ** The total number of pencils that he bought is 40 pencils + 16 pencils = <<40+16=56>>56 pencils How much money did Bowen spend on pencils? ** If each pencil costs twenty-five cents, the total amount of money he spent on pencils is 56 pencils * $0.25/pencil = $<<56*0.25=14>>14 How much money did Bowen spend on pens? ** On pens, Bowen spent $0.15/pen * 40 pens = $<<0.15*40=6>>6 How much money did Bowen spend? ** The total amount of money Bowen spent is $14 + $6 = $<<14+6=20>>20 #### 20 The Super Soup franchise had 23 stores in 2018. In 2019, the business opened 5 new stores, but closed the 2 that performed the worst. And in 2020, they opened 10 new stores, closing the 6 worst-performing. How many stores did Super Soup have at the end of 2020? How many total stores were opened? ** The number of stores opened is 5+10=<<5+10=15>>15. How many total stores were closed? ** The number closed is 2+6=<<2+6=8>>8. How many stores did Super Soup have at the end of 2020? ** There were 23+15-8=<<23+15-8=30>>30 stores open. #### 30