Question: Jude is trading his bottle cap collection to Arthur for some of Arthur's matchbox vehicles. Arthur charges Jude 5 bottle caps for a car and 6 bottle caps for a truck. Jude has 100 bottle caps. If he buys 10 trucks and spends 75% of his remaining bottle caps on cars, how many total matchbox vehicles does he buy?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: The trucks cost 60 bottle caps because 10 x 6 = 60. He has 40 bottle caps left because 100 - 60 = 40. He spends 30 bottle caps on cars because 40 x .75 = 30. He gets 6 cars with this because 30 / 5 = 6. He gets 16 vehicles in total because 10 + 6 = 16.
So the answer is 16.


Question: Ben took his family fishing yesterday. Ben caught 4 fish, his wife Judy caught 1 fish, his oldest son Billy caught 3, his younger son Jim caught 2, and his youngest child Susie surprised them all by catching 5! Unfortunately, 3 of the fish were too small, so they threw them back. If each fish will give them 2 filets, how many fish filets will Ben and his family have?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Ben's family caught 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 5 = 15 fish. They kept 15 - 3 = 12 fish. They'll get 2 filets per fish, so they will have 12 fish * 2 filets per fish = 24 filets.
So the answer is 24.


Question: Kathleen saved $21 in June, $46 in July, and $45 in August. Then Kathleen spent $12 on school supplies and $54 on new clothes. Kathleen’s aunt said she would give Kathleen $25 if Kathleen saves more than $125. How much money does Kathleen have left?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
Kathleen saved $21 + $46 + $45 = $112. Kathleen’s aunt did not give Kathleen any money because $112 is not greater than $125. Kathleen spent $12 + $54 = $66. Kathleen has $112 - $66 = $46 remaining.
So the answer is 46.