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Larry and his friend split the dinner bill evenly. They each paid $21.34. What was the cost of dinner? Total Bill = Larry's portion + Friend's portion Total Bill = 21.34 + 21.34 Total Bill = $42.68

A contractor needs to buy nails to build a house. The nails come in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box has 100 nails and each large box has 350 nails. How many nails are there in 6 small boxes and 3 large boxes? How many nails are there in a small boxes and l large boxes? Calculate...

I have 10 boxes, i gave my Mom 2 today. The next day i gave her 7. How much does Mom have now? We start with 10 boxes. We give Mom 2, so Mom has 2 boxes: 2 boxes The next day, we give her 7 more boxes. We add 7 boxes to the 2 boxes Mom has: 2 + 7 = 9 boxes

A football team loses 3 yards, gains 12 yards, gains 10 yards, and then loses 15 yards. Did the team gain yards or lose yards overall? How many yards We have: Gains - Losses -3 + 12 + 10 - 15 (12 + 10) - (3 + 15) 22 - 18 4 yard gain

Ty uses his blocks to build towers of 10 blocks each. There are 14 towers and five blocks left over. Total Blocks = Tower Blocks + Left Over Blocks First, calculate the number of tower blocks: Tower Blocks = Towers * Blocks per Tower Tower Blocks = 14 * 10 Tower Blocks = 140 We have 5 left...

A submarine dove 132.58 meters to reach a resting depth of 700 meter below sea level. What was it's original depth Below sea level is a negative amount. So they end up at -700. To go back up toward sea level, we'd be at: -700 + 132.58 = -567.42 Negative numbers mean below sea level, so the...

the total number of fish if you had 8 and bought 4 more If you have 8, and buy 4 more, this means you add. So we have: 8 fish + 4 fish = 12 fish.

Sandy has 10.0 books, Benny has 24.0 books, and Tim has 33.0 books. How many books do they have together? Total Books = Sandy's books + Benny's books + Tim's books Total Books = 10.0 + 24.0 + 33.0 Total Books = 67.0

Paul spent 14 of his monthly salary for rent and 17 of his monthly salary for his credit card bill. If $714 was left, what was his monthly salary? We add his left over amount + rent + credit card to get his original salary: Original Salary = 714 + 14 + 17 Original Salary = $745

A small theater had 9 rows of 24 chairs each. An extra 8 chairs have just been brought in. How many chairs are in the theater now? 9 rows x 24 chairs per row = 216 chairs. Add an extra 8 chairs, we get 216 + 8 = 224 chairs

An airport has 13 scheduled arrivals every day. This week, 28 private planes also landed there. How many planes flew into the airport this week? A week has 7 days. 13 scheduled arrivals per day times 7 days = 91 scheduled planes Next, we add 28 private planes: 91 + 28 = 119 planes

From 187 feet below sea level, Paul took off in his helicopter and ascended 613 feet. What is Pauls elevation now? Sea Level is 0 feet. 187 feet below sea level = -187 feet. So we have 613 - 187 = 426 feet above sea level.

Edna plans to treat her boyfriend Curt to dinner for his birthday. The costs of their date options are listed next to each possible choice. Edna plans to allow Curt to choose whether they will eat Mexican food ($25), Chinese food ($15), or Italian food ($30). Next, they will go bowling ($20), go...

Yolanda had 9 cookies in a jar. She then bought 6 bags of 13 cookies each. How many cookies does she have now? 6 bags * 13 cookies each = 78 cookies. 78 cookies added to the original 9 in the jar = 87 cookies.

Sarah’s house has 5 stories. If the first story has 10 windows, and the following stories have one less window than the story below it, how many windows does Sarah’s house have? Floor 1 has 10 windows Floor 2 has 9 windows Floor 3 has 8 windows Floor 4 has 7 windows Floor 5 has 6 windows 10...

Together Sarah and Jasmine have collected 37 bugs. If Sarah collected 18 bugs, how many did Jasmine collect? 37 - 18 = 19

Connor bought 386.21 pounds of peanuts and 331.28 pounds of raisins. How many pounds of snacks did he buy in all? Since peanuts and raising are both snacks, we add the weights. Total pounds = 386.21 + 331.28 Total pounds = 717.49

Since apples and oranges are both fruits, we add 10 + 6 to get 16 fruits.

50 + 100 = 150 apples