Answer this question:Alyssa, Keely, and Kendall ordered 100 chicken nuggets from a fast-food restaurant. Keely and Kendall each ate twice as many as Alyssa. How many did Alyssa eat?
To figure out this problem we need to turn it into an equation. Let’s make A the number of nuggets Alyssa ate. We know all three girls ate 100 nuggets total, so 100 nuggets = A (how many Alyssa ate) + 2A (how many Keely ate) + 3A (how many Kendall ate) or 100 = A + 2A + 3A which is 100 = 5A. Then we will divide each side by 5 to figure out how many nuggets Alyssa ate, 100 / 5 = 5A / 5 or 20 = A.
The answer is 20.

Answer this question:Theodore can craft 10 stone statues and 20 wooden statues every month. A stone statue costs $20 and a wooden statue costs $5. He also pays 10 percent of his total earnings in taxes. How much is his total earning every month?
Theodore's total earnings from the stone statues are 10 x $20 = $200. His total earnings from wooden statues are 20 x $5 = $100. So his total earnings from the stone and wooden statue are $200 + $100 = $300. The amount he pays for the tax is $300 x 10 / 100 = $30. Therefore his total monthly earnings are $300 - $30 = $270.
The answer is 270.

Answer this question:At a roller derby, 4 teams are competing. Each team is made up of 10 members, and each member needs a pair of roller skates to compete in and another pair of skates as a backup. None of the skates have laces yet, so each member is offered 3 sets of laces per pair of skates. How many sets of laces have been handed out?
There are a total of 4 teams * 10 members per team = 40 team members. Each person receives 1 pair of competing roller skates + 1 pair of backup roller skates = 2 pairs of roller skates. So there are a total of 40 team members * 2 pairs of roller skates per team member = 80 roller skates. There were therefore 80 roller skates * 3 sets of laces per pair of roller skates = 240 sets of laces handed out.
The answer is 240.

Answer this question:Frank has three less than half the number of cookies as Mike. Mike has three times as many cookies as Millie. If Millie has 4 cookies, how many cookies does Frank have?
Mike has 4 * 3 = 12 cookies. Frank has 12 / 2 - 3 = 3 cookies.
The answer is 3.