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An aquarium holds an equal number of clownfish and blowfish. 26 of the blowfish stay in their own tank, and the remaining blowfish swim into a display tank. An equal number of clownfish join the blowfish in the display tank, but then a third of these clownfish swim back into their own tank. How many blowfish stay in their own tank?
26
Jeanette is practicing her juggling. Each week she can juggle 2 more objects than the week before. How many more objects can she juggle each week?
2
Carrie works for $8 an hour and 35 hours a week at her job. It’s been a month since she started working there. She has saved up all of her money because she wants to buy a bike for $400. How much does Carrie earn per hour at her job?
8
Stella and Twinkle are filling up a truck with a capacity of 6000 stone blocks at the rate of 250 blocks per hour per person. They work for four hours and are then joined by 6 other people who also work at the same rate. How many other people joined them?
6
In a conference room, 40 chairs with a capacity of 2 people each were arranged in rows in preparation for the board meeting of a company, whose number of members was the same as the chairs' capacity. How many chairs were arranged in the conference room for the board meeting?
40
A bulk warehouse is offering 48 cans of sparkling water for $12.00 a case. The local grocery store is offering the same sparkling water for $6.00 and it only has 12 cans. How many cans of sparkling water is the bulk warehouse offering?
48
Joy is winding balls of yarn for her cat to play with. The first ball is half the size of the second ball. The third ball is three times as large as the first ball. She used 27 feet of yarn for the third ball. How many feet of yarn did she use for the third ball?
27
Haley grows at the rate of 3 inches every year. How much does Haley grow every year?
3
Three cats sat on a fence, meowing at the moon. The first cat meowed 3 times per minute. The second cat meowed twice as frequently as the first cat. And the third cat meowed at one-third the frequency of the second cat. How many times did the first cat meow per minute?
3
A school principal is booking hotel rooms for a class of 30 students to stay at during an overnight field trip. Each of the hotel's rooms has two queen size beds, which can fit two students each, and a pull-out couch, which can fit one student. How many students are in the class that is going on the overnight field trip?
30
Dan owns an ice cream shop and every sixth customer gets a free ice cream cone. Cones cost $2 each. How much does each cone cost?
2
Ali had a collection of seashells. He started with 180 seashells. He then gave away 40 seashells to his friends. He also gave 30 seashells to his brothers. How many seashells did he give away to his friends?
40
Studying for her test, Mitchell had read ten chapters of a book before 4 o'clock. When it clocked 4, Mitchell had read 20 pages of the 11th chapter of the book she was studying from. After 4 o'clock, she didn't read the remaining pages of chapter eleven but proceeded and read 2 more chapters of the book. How many chapters did she read after 4 o'clock?
4
James buys 5 packs of beef that are 4 pounds each. The price of beef is $5.50 per pound. How many packs of beef does James buy?
5
There are 40 students in a class. How many students are there in a class?
40
A couple with two children, ages 6 and 10 years old, decided to go to an amusement park. The regular ticket costs $109, but children below 12 years old have a $5 discount. What is the cost of the regular ticket?
109
Kennedy's house is 600 square feet larger than 4 times Benedict's house. How much larger is Kennedy's house compared to Benedict's house?
600
Loraine makes wax sculptures of animals. Large animals take four sticks of wax and small animals take two sticks. She made three times as many small animals as large animals, and she used 12 sticks of wax for small animals. How many sticks of wax did she use for small animals?
12
3 families of 4 people shared a vacation rental for 7 days. Everyone uses 1 oversized beach towel a day before getting a new one. The washing machine can hold 14 oversized beach towels per load. How many oversized beach towels can the washing machine hold per load?
14
A gallon of whole milk that normally costs $3 is now sold at $2. A box of cereal was sold at a discount of $1. How much was the discount on the box of cereal?
1
Janice's office is on the third floor, and she has to walk up 3 flights of stairs to get to her office. In a single day, she goes up the three flights of stairs 5 times, down the the three flights of stairs 3 times, and uses the elevator the remainder of the time. How many times does she go up the three flights of stairs in a single day?
5
Fern is checking IDs to get into an R-rated movie. She denied 20% of the 120 kids from Riverside High, 70% of the 90 kids from West Side High, and half the 50 kids from Mountaintop High. How many percent of the kids from Riverside High did she deny?
20
Toby is counting goldfish in the local pond. He knows that only 25% of goldfish are at the surface and the rest are too deep below the surface to be able to see. What percentage of goldfish are at the surface?
25
The owner of a Turkish restaurant wanted to prepare traditional dishes for an upcoming celebration. She ordered ground beef, in four-pound packages, from three different butchers. The following morning, the first butcher delivered 10 packages. A couple of hours later, 7 packages arrived from the second butcher. Finally, the third butcher’s delivery arrived at dusk. How many packages did the first butcher deliver?
10
James watched 2 episodes of Jeopardy and 2 episodes of Wheel of Fortune. Jeopardy is 20 minutes and Wheel of Fortune is twice as long. How long is Jeopardy?
20
Richard can clean his room in 22 minutes. Cory takes 3 minutes more than Richard to clean her room while Blake can clean his room 4 minutes more quickly than Cory. How long does it take Richard to clean his room?
22
Mary has 5 green crayons and 8 blue crayons of different shades. How many green crayons does Mary have?
5
Winwin won $50 in a lottery. She paid 20% for the tax and she paid $5 for the processing fee. What percentage did she pay for the tax?
20
In 3 years, Jayden will be half of Ernesto's age. How many years will it take for Jayden to be half of Ernesto's age?
3
Angela is a bike messenger in New York. She needs to deliver 8 times as many packages as meals. How many times as many packages does she need to deliver as meals?
8
Keiko sent 111 text messages last week. This week she sent 50 less than double what she sent last week. How many text messages did Keiko send last week?
111
A one-year subscription to a newspaper is offered with a 45% discount. What is the discount percentage offered for a one-year subscription to a newspaper?
45
Tim's cat bit him. He decided to get himself and the cat checked out. His doctor's visits $300 and insurance covered 75%. His cat's visit cost $120 and his pet insurance covered $60. How much did his cat's visit cost?
120
Ariella has $200 more in her son's saving account than Daniella has in her son's savings account. Ariella's account earns her simple interest at the rate of 10% per annum. How much more money does Ariella have in her son's saving account compared to Daniella?
200
Colby harvested his mango trees, the total mangoes he harvested is 60 kilograms. He sold 20 kilograms to the market and sold the remaining half to his community. How many kilograms did he sell to the market?
20
George bought some food for his trip: a bottle of juice, a sandwich, and a bottle of milk. The sandwich was for $4, and the juice was two times more expensive. The bottle of milk cost was 75% of the total cost of the sandwich and juice. What percentage of the total cost of the sandwich and juice was the cost of the bottle of milk?
75
A young girl pours 23 blue beads and 16 yellow beads into a bowl. She divides the total into 3 equal parts, removes some beads from each part, and doubles the rest to have 6 beads in each part now. How many blue beads did the young girl pour into the bowl?
23
Jerome is taking a 150-mile bicycle trip. He wants to ride 12 miles for 12 days. How many days does he want to ride for?
12
At Mario's barbershop haircuts are 50% more expensive during the weekends. By how much are haircuts at Mario's barbershop more expensive during the weekends?
50
John throws a block party and splits the cost with 3 other people. They buy 100 pounds of burgers at $3 per pound. They also buy $80 of condiments and propane to cook everything. John also buys all the alcohol which costs $200. How much does the alcohol cost?
200
The town’s annual budget totals $32 million. If half of the budget goes towards policing and $12 million goes towards education. How much money goes towards education?
12
Daniel has a collection of 346 video games. 80 of them, Daniel bought for $12 each. Of the rest, 50% were bought for $7. All others had a price of $3 each. How many did Daniel buy?
80
On Monday Buddy has 30 baseball cards. On Tuesday Buddy loses half of them. On Wednesday Buddy buys 12 baseball cards. On Thursday he buys a third of what he had on Tuesday. How many baseball cards does Buddy buy on Wednesday?
12
Manex is a tour bus driver. He has to drive 55 miles to the destination and drive going back to the starting point on a different way that is 10 miles farther. How many miles does he have to drive to the destination?
55
Grandpa Lou enjoys watching movies on the Hallmark channel, where every movie lasts 90 minutes. If, on Tuesday, he watched several full-length movies on the Hallmark channel for a total of 4 hours and 30 minutes, and then on Wednesday he watched on the same channel twice as many movies as he did on Tuesday. How long does each movie on the Hallmark channel last?
90
Janet filmed a new movie that is 60% longer than her previous 2-hour long movie. Her previous movie cost $50 per minute to film, and the newest movie cost twice as much per minute to film as the previous movie. How much did the previous movie cost per minute to film?
50
Silvia’s bakery is offering 10% on advanced orders over $50.00. She orders 2 quiches for $15.00 each, 6 croissants at $3.00 each and 6 buttermilk biscuits for $2.00 each. What is the percentage discount offered by Silvia's bakery on advanced orders over $50.00?
10
James collects all the fruits from his 2 trees. Each tree has 20 plants. Each plant has 1 seed and he plants 60% of those. How many plants does each tree have?
20
Mark has two pets, a hare that runs 10 feet/second and a turtle that crawls 1 foot/second. How fast does Mark's hare run?
10
Movie tickets cost $5 each on a Monday, twice as much on a Wednesday, and five times as much as Monday on a Saturday. How much does a movie ticket cost on a Monday?
5
Conner has a dune buggy that he rides in the desert. On flat sand, it can ride at a speed of 60 miles per hour. When traveling on downhill slopes, it can race at 12 miles per hour faster than it can when it is on flat sand. And when riding on an uphill inclined slow, it travels at a speed 18 miles per hour slower than when it is riding on flat sand. How much slower does it travel when riding on an uphill inclined slope compared to when it is riding on flat sand?
18
A store sells 20 packets of 100 grams of sugar every week. How many packets of 100 grams of sugar does the store sell every week?
20
Simon wanted to buy flowers that his mom could plant for Mother's Day. The garden center was offering 10% off all purchases. He bought 5 pansies at $2.50 each, one hydrangea that cost $12.50 and 5 petunias that cost $1.00 each. What was the discount percentage offered by the garden center?
10
Colton had 72 dolphin stickers. He gave 4 stickers each to 3 friends. He also gave his friend Mandy 2 more than he gave his three friends total. And he gave Justin 10 less than Mandy. How many stickers did he give to each friend?
4
A certain tree was 100 meters tall at the end of 2017. It will grow 10% more than its previous height each year. By what percentage will it grow more than its previous height each year?
10
Lisa and Carly go shopping together. Lisa spends $40 on t-shirts then spends half of this amount on jeans and twice this amount on coats. Carly spends only a quarter as much as Lisa on t-shirts but spends 3 times as much on jeans and a quarter of the amount Lisa spent on coats. How many times as much does Carly spend on jeans compared to t-shirts?
3
After tests in California, the total number of Coronavirus cases was recorded as 2000 positive cases on a particular day. The number of cases increased by 500 on the second day, with 50 recoveries. On the third day, the total number of new cases spiked to 1500 with 200 recoveries. How much did the number of cases increase on the second day?
500
Caleb and his dad went fishing at the lake. Caleb caught 2 trouts and his dad caught three times as much as Caleb. How many trouts did Caleb catch?
2
Christina has 3 snakes. 1 snake is 2 feet long. Another snake is 16 inches long. The last snake is 10 inches long. How many snakes does Christina have?
3
Yesterday, David and William were invited to a party. David broke 2 glasses, while his friend William broke 4 times the number of glasses David broke. How many glasses did David break?
2
Thor is 13 times older than Captain America. Captain America is 7 times older than Peter Parker, and Ironman is 32 years older than Peter Parker. How many times older is Captain America than Peter Parker?
7
In a section of the forest, there are 100 weasels and 50 rabbits. Three foxes invade this region and hunt the rodents. Each fox catches an average of 4 weasels and 2 rabbits per week. How many weasels are there in a section of the forest?
100
Apple sold 100 iPhones at their New York store today for an average cost of $1000. They also sold 20 iPads for an average cost of $900 and 80 Apple TVs for an average cost of $200. How many iPhones did Apple sell at their New York store today?
100
Melody planted sunflowers from two different seed packets. She found that the sunflowers from Packet A were 20% taller than the sunflowers from Packet B. By what percentage were the sunflowers from Packet A taller than the sunflowers from Packet B?
20
Mr. Grey is purchasing gifts for his family. So far he has purchased 3 polo shirts for $26 each; 2 necklaces for $83 each; and 1 computer game for $90. Since Mr. Grey purchased all those using his credit card, he received a $12 rebate. How many polo shirts has he purchased so far?
3
Mary bought 5 boxes of drinks at $6 each box and 10 boxes of pizzas at $14 each box for her pizza party. She paid $200 for all the items. How much did she pay for all the items?
200
Herbert is 10 years younger than Kris. How many years younger is Herbert than Kris?
10
There are 16 people at a dinner party. There are 40 dinner rolls available for them. Half the people eat 1 1/2 rolls each. The other half eat 1/2 a roll each. How many rolls does each person eat?
1
Rosie runs 6 miles per hour. She runs for 1 hour on Monday, 30 minutes on Tuesday, 1 hour on Wednesday, and 20 minutes on Thursday. How long does she run on Monday?
1
Gary bought his first used car for $6,000. Gary borrowed the money from his dad who said he could pay him back the full amount over 5 years. Gary decided he would pay his dad back the full amount in 2 years. In how many years did Gary decide to pay his dad back the full amount?
2
Sansa is a famous artist, she can draw a portrait and sell it according to its size. She sells an 8-inch portrait for $5, and a 16-inch portrait for twice the price of the 8-inch portrait. What is the size of the portrait she sells for $5?
8
Susie has $200 in her piggy bank. How much money does Susie have in her piggy bank?
200
Benny bought 2 soft drinks for$ 4 each and 5 candy bars. He spent a total of 28 dollars. How many soft drinks did Benny buy?
2
Jack has a stack of books that is 12 inches thick. He knows from experience that 80 pages is one inch thick. How many pages is one inch thick according to his experience?
80
There are some lions in Londolozi at first. Lion cubs are born at the rate of 5 per month and lions die at the rate of 1 per month. How many lion cubs are born per month?
5
John volunteers at a shelter twice a month for 3 hours at a time. How many hours does John volunteer at the shelter at a time?
3
John puts $25 in his piggy bank every month for 2 years to save up for a vacation. He had to spend $400 from his piggy bank savings last week to repair his car. How much money does John put in his piggy bank every month?
25
Five coaster vans are used to transport students for their field trip. Each van carries 28 students, 60 of which are boys. How many students does each van carry?
28
Last year Jessica paid $1000 for rent, $200 for food, and $100 for car insurance each month. This year her rent goes up by 30%, food costs increase by 50%, and the cost of her car insurance triples because she was at fault in an accident. By what percentage does her rent go up this year?
30
Randy just turned 12 and started playing the piano. His friend Sheila told him about the 10,000-hour rule which says, after 10,000 hours of practice, you become an expert or master in your field. How old is Randy?
12
Mike and Ted planted tomatoes. In the morning, Mike planted 50 tomato seeds while Ted planted twice as much as Mike. In the afternoon, Mike planted 60 tomato seeds while Ted planted 20 fewer tomato seeds than Mike. How many tomato seeds did Mike plant in the morning?
50
In 6 months Bella and Bob will be celebrating their 4th anniversary. In how many months will Bella and Bob be celebrating their 4th anniversary?
6
A church has 120 members. 40% are adults. The rest are children. What percentage of the group are adults?
40
Missy had a giant piggy bank in her bedroom. Every day she would search the house for change to put in her bank. After 4 years, the bank was opened and it contained $450 in change. How many years did it take for the bank to be opened?
4
Ravi has some coins. He has 2 more quarters than nickels and 4 more dimes than quarters. How many more quarters does he have than nickels?
2
Lisa is looking to attempt a World Record. She has decided to try and match Joey Chestnut's record of eating 75 full hotdogs, buns included, in 10 minutes. Halfway through the time Lisa has eaten 20 hotdogs. How many full hotdogs, buns included, has she decided to try and match Joey Chestnut's record of eating in 10 minutes?
75
A car uses 20 gallons of gas to travel 400 miles. Mr. Montero's car has 8 gallons in it. How many gallons does Mr. Montero's car have?
8
Mira jogs every morning. She jogs 5 miles per hour. How many miles per hour does she jog?
5
Bekah had to read 408 pages for history class. She read 113 pages over the weekend and has 5 days left to finish her reading. How many pages did she read over the weekend?
113
A library cabinet houses five ancient scrolls. The first scroll is 4080 years old. How old is the first scroll?
4,080
A washing machine uses 20 gallons of water for a heavy wash, 10 gallons of water for a regular wash, and 2 gallons of water for a light wash per load of laundry. If bleach is used, there is an extra light wash cycle added to rinse the laundry thoroughly. There are two heavy washes, three regular washes, and one light wash to do. Two of the loads need to be bleached. How many gallons of water does a washing machine use for a heavy wash per load of laundry?
20
Ian won $100 in the lottery. He decided to use the money to pay off debts. He paid $20 to Colin. He then paid twice as much to Helen, as he had paid to Colin. Then finally, he paid half as much to Benedict, as he had paid to Helen. How much money did Ian win in the lottery?
100
A company has 200 employees. 60% of the employees drive to work. Of the employees who don't drive to work, half take public transportation. What percentage of the employees drive to work?
60
Jan buys 1000 feet of cable. She splits it up into 25-foot sections. She gives 1/4 of that to a friend. She then puts half of the rest in storage. How many feet of cable does Jan buy?
1,000
A laboratory has 22 beakers of liquid in a fume hood, and 8 of the beakers have copper ions in them. Adding three drops of a solution will turn the liquid in a beaker blue if there are copper ions present. How many beakers of liquid are there in the fume hood of the laboratory?
22
Jolene and Phil have four children, each with the same birthday. They gave birth to their first child exactly 15 years ago. They gave birth to their second child exactly one year after the birth of their first child. They gave birth to their third child on the fourth birthday of their second child. Two years after the birth of their third child, they gave birth to their fourth child. How many years ago did they give birth to their first child?
15
Bryan starts exercising at home during quarantine. To start, he decides to do 3 sets of 15 push-ups each. Near the end of the third set, he gets tired and does 5 fewer push-ups. How many sets of push-ups did he decide to do?
3
Mark buys a loaf of bread for $4.20 and some cheese for $2.05. He gives the cashier $7.00. How much money does he give to the cashier?
7
Max likes to collect model trains. He asks for one for every birthday of his, and asks for two each Christmas. Max always gets the gifts he asks for, and asks for these same gifts every year for 5 years. At the end of the 5 years, his parents give him double the number of trains he already has. How many years does Max ask for the same gifts?
5
Jake has $5000. He spends $2800 on a new motorcycle, and then spends half of what's left on a concert ticket. Jake then loses a fourth of what he has left. How much did he spend on a new motorcycle?
2,800