Here is a math problem: In Professor Plum's biology class there are 40 students. Of those students, 80 percent have puppies. Of those who have puppies, 25% also have parrots. How many students have both puppies and parrots?
Here is a math problem: Diane bought twenty more apples than Cecile. If Cecile bought 15 apples, how many apples did they buy altogether?
Here is a math problem: Ann can skate 6 miles an hour. Her friend Glenda can skate 8 miles an hour. If they start in the same place and skate in straight lines in opposite directions for 3 hours, how many miles apart do they end up?
Here is a math problem: Running for 2 hours, Jonah burnt 30 calories every hour. How many more calories would he have lost if he would have run for five hours?
Here is a math problem: The city of Richmond has 1000 more people than Victoria. Victoria has 4 times as many people as Beacon. If Richmond has 3000 people, how many people are there in Beacon?
Here is a math problem: To get his fill of oysters, Crabby has to eat at least twice as many oysters as Squido does. If Squido eats 200 oysters, how many oysters do they eat altogether?
Here is a math problem: John sells 20 woodburning for $15 each.  The wood cost $100.  How much does he make in profit?
Here is a math problem: In a field of 500 clovers, 20% have four leaves and one quarter of these are purple clovers. Assuming these proportions are exactly correct, how many clovers in the field are both purple and four-leaved?
Here is a math problem: Tony lifts weights as a form of exercise.  He can lift 90 pounds with one arm in the exercise known as "the curl."  In an exercise known as "the military press," he can lift over his head twice the weight that he can curl.  His favorite exercise is known as "the squat" and he can squat 5 times the weight that he can lift in the military press.  How much weight, in pounds, can Tony lift in the squat exercise?
Here is a math problem: Elsa started the day with 40 marbles.  At breakfast, she lost 3 marbles while playing.  At lunchtime, she gave her best friend Susie 5 marbles.  In the afternoon, Elsa's mom bought her a new bag with 12 marbles.  Susie came back and gave Elsa twice as many marbles as she received at lunch.  How many marbles did Elsa end the day with?
Here is a math problem: John buys thank you cards.  He decides to buy them for people who got him Christmas and birthday presents.  He sent 20 for Christmas gifts and 15 for birthday gifts.  If each card cost $2 how much did he spend on cards?
Here is a math problem: In a field where there are 200 animals, there are 40 cows, 56 sheep and goats. How many goats are there?
Here is a math problem: Paul is working at a university. He is part of a big project, which involves 70 scientists in total. Half of them are from Europe and one-fifth are from Canada. The rest are from the USA. How many scientists in this project are from the USA?
Here is a math problem: Mark is reading books, for 2 hours each day. He decided to increase his time spent on reading books weekly, by 4 hours. How much time does Mark want to spend during one week on reading books?
Here is a math problem: A survey conducted by the school showed that only 20% of the 800 parents agree to a tuition fee increase. How many parents disagree with the tuition fee increase?
Here is a math problem: In a shop, there is a sale of clothes. Every shirt costs $5, every hat $4, and a pair of jeans $10. How much do you need to pay for three shirts, two pairs of jeans, and four hats?
Here is a math problem: Titan's father has an onion farm ready for harvest. He borrows Mr. Clay's pickup and transports the harvest to their store, carrying ten bags per trip, prepared for sale. If the onions are in 50 kgs bags, and the pickup makes 20 trips, what's the total weight of onions harvested by Titan's father?
Here is a math problem: New York is two-thirds as populated as all of New England. If New England has 2100000 people, calculate the combined population of both states.
Here is a math problem: Miriam currently has 30 marbles, but she used to have more. Miriam gave her brother 60 marbles, gave her sister twice that amount and gave her friend Savanna three times the amount she currently has. How many marbles did Miriam start with?
Here is a math problem: Lisa is making a pizza. She uses 30 pieces of pepperoni for a pizza, twice as many pieces of ham, and 12 more pieces of sausage than pepperoni. If there are 6 slices of pizza, and everything was distributed evenly, how many pieces of meat altogether are on each slice?
Here is a math problem: Markus is twice the age of his son, and Markus's son is twice the age of Markus's grandson.  If the sum of the ages of Markus, his son, and his grandson is 140 years, then how many years old is Markus's grandson?
Here is a math problem: When Betty makes cheesecake, she sweetens it with a ratio of one part sugar to four parts cream cheese, and she flavors it with one teaspoon of vanilla for every two cups of cream cheese. For every one teaspoon of vanilla, she uses two eggs. She used two cups of sugar in her latest cheesecake. How many eggs did she use?
Here is a math problem: A florist offers for sale 75 narcissus flowers and 90 chrysanthemums. Using all the flowers, how many bouquets containing 5 flowers each can he make?
Here is a math problem: Every week of last month Paul tried out a new cake recipe.  The first week, he followed a cake recipe that called for 24 cups of sugar. Each week after that, he reduced the amount of sugar by half. How much sugar did he use for the cake on the fourth week?
Here is a math problem: When Diane turns 30, she will be half the age of Alex and twice as old as Allison. Diane is 16 years old now. What is the sum of the ages of Alex and Allison now?
Here is a math problem: Adam teaches 50 students a year. How many students will Adam teach in 10 years if in the first year he only teaches 40 students?
Here is a math problem: Olaf collects colorful toy cars. At first, his collection consisted of 150 cars. His family, knowing his hobby, decided to give him some toy cars. Grandpa gave Olaf twice as many toy cars as the uncle. Dad gave Olaf 10 toy cars, 5 less than Mum. Auntie gave Olaf 6 toy cars, 1 more than the uncle. How many toy cars does Olaf have in total, after receiving all these gifts?
Here is a math problem: Marcy is a makeup artist and has agreed to do some makeup for her friend's wedding. The only makeup she has limited stock of is lip gloss so she counts how many tubes she needs. Each tube of lip gloss will hold enough lip gloss for 3 people's makeup. Marcy decides to bring 6 tubs of lip gloss, each of which holds 2 tubes of lip gloss, and this will be the exact amount she needs for everyone's makeup. How many people is Marcy painting with makeup?
Here is a math problem: Tony has two fish. Every year, his parents buy him two more, but one of them dies. How many fish will he have in five years?
Here is a math problem: Nick is trying to raise money for a charity. He is selling candy bars for $5. He is also selling chocolate oranges for $10. He wants to raise $1000. He only had 20 chocolate oranges that he sold out. How many candy bars does Nick need to sell to reach his goal?
Here is a math problem: Henry, John and Leo collected some seashells from the beach. Henry collected 11, Paul 24. If they initially collected 59 seashells in total and Leo gave a quarter of his collection to a younger kid they met, how many do they have in total now?
Here is a math problem: Paul uses 1 can of frosting to frost a layer cake.  He uses a half can of frosting for a single cake, or a single pan of brownies, or a dozen cupcakes.  For Saturday, he needs to have 3 layer cakes, 6 dozen cupcakes, 12 single cakes and 18 pans of brownies ready and frosted for customer pick up.  How many cans of frosting will he need?
Here is a math problem: Max has a collection of stamps in three colors: 20 red stamps, 80 blue stamps and 7 yellow ones. He is trying to sell the whole collection. He already sold 20 red stamps for the price of $1.1 for each stamp and 80 blue stamps for the price of $0.8 for each stamp. What price did he need to set for each yellow stamp to be able to earn the total of $100 from the whole sale?
Here is a math problem: Spot sells cookies in bags and boxes. Each bag has 7 cookies. Each box has 12 cookies.  How many more cookies are in 8 boxes than there are in 9 bags?
Here is a math problem: A charcoal grill burns fifteen coals to ash every twenty minutes of grilling. The grill ran for long enough to burn three bags of coals. Each bag of coal contains 60 coals. How long did the grill run?
Here is a math problem: Kara has to drink 4 ounces of water every time she takes her medication. Her medication instructions are to take one tablet three times a day. She followed the instructions for one week, but in the second week, she forgot twice on one day. How many ounces of water did she drink with her medication over those two weeks?
Here is a math problem: Bernie has a collection of 18 unique postcards. He decided to sell half his collection for $15 per postcard. After he has successfully sold his postcards he decided to spend all the earned money to buy new postcards for $5 each. How many postcards does Bernie have after all his transactions?
Here is a math problem: Devin teaches one math course per year. He taught Calculus for 4 years, Algebra for twice as many years, and Statistics for 5 times as long as he taught Algebra. How many years has Devin taught?
Here is a math problem: Mason is mixing up some salad dressing. He takes a bowl that holds 150 ml and fills it 2/3rds with oil and 1/3rd with vinegar. The oil weighs 5 g/ml and the vinegar weighs 4 g/ml. How many grams does the salad dressing weigh?
Here is a math problem: Bridge and Sarah have $3 between them. If Bridget has 50 cents more than Sarah, how many cents does Sarah have?
Here is a math problem: If Layla scored 104 goals in four hockey games and Kristin scored 24 fewer goals in the same four games, calculate the average number of goals the two scored.
Here is a math problem: John's weight bench can support 1000 pounds.  He wants to make sure to stay 20% under that weight for safety.  If he weighs 250 pounds how much weight can he put on the bar?
Here is a math problem: Marcy spends 12 minutes petting her cat and 1/3 of that time combing it. How many minutes does she spend with her cat in total?
Here is a math problem: Scott, Mary, and Ken committed to raising $4,000 for their local children’s cancer hospital. Right now, Mary’s collection is five times what Ken has, but three times Scott’s funds. If Ken has $600, by how much have the three exceeded their goal?
Here is a math problem: A water tank has a capacity of 4000 gallons. Mack connects a pipe to the tank that fills the tank with water at the rate of 10 gallons per hour. How long will it take to fill the tank to 3/4 of its capacity?
Here is a math problem: It takes Jennifer 20 minutes to groom each of her 2 long hair dachshunds.  If she grooms her dogs every day, how many hours does she spend grooming her dogs in 30 days?
Here is a math problem: Tom goes to a combined undergrad and Ph.D. program.  It takes 3 years to finish the BS and 5 years to finish the Ph.D.  Tom finishes it in 3/4ths the time.  How long does it take for him to finish?
Here is a math problem: An apple tree produced 200 apples in a particular season. The tree made 20% fewer fruits the following season, but the tree fruits production in the second season doubled during the third season. Calculate the total number of fruits the apple tree grew in the three seasons.
Here is a math problem: Stuart is going on a cross-country trip and wants to find the fastest route. On one route the total distance is 1500 miles and the average speed is 75 MPH. On the second trip, the total distance is 750 but the average speed is 25 MPH. How long does his trip take if he goes on the fastest route?
Here is a math problem: Ittymangnark and Kingnook are an Eskimo couple living in the most northern region of the Alaskan wilderness.  Together, they live with their child, Oomyapeck.  Every day Ittymangnark catches enough fish for the three of them to eat for the day and they split the fish equally between the three of them.  But after they have split the fish, they give Oomyapeck all of the eyes, who gives two of the eyes to his dog and eats the rest himself.  How many fish will each of them be given to eat if Oomyapeck eats 22 eyes in a day?
Here is a math problem: Kim's dad would buy her 2 candy bars a week.  She would eat 1 candy bar every 4 weeks, saving the rest.  After 16 weeks, how many candy bars did Kim have saved?
Here is a math problem: Of the 100 soccer balls that Nova went to inflate, 40 percent had holes in them and could not inflate, while 20% of the remaining balls were overinflated and exploded. How many balls were inflated successfully and could be used?
Here is a math problem: It takes 20 minutes for John to go to the bathroom 8 times.  How long would it take to go 6 times?
Here is a math problem: Dana normally drinks a 500 ml bottle of soda each day. Since the 500 ml bottles are currently out of stock at the store, she buys a 2-liter bottle of soda instead. If Dana continues to drink 500 ml of soda each day, how long will the 2-liter bottle of soda last? There are 1,000 ml in 1 liter.
Here is a math problem: Jerry was asked by her mom to do grocery shopping. He needs to buy 2 liters of mustard oil that costs $13 per liter, 3 pounds of gluten-free penne pasta that costs $4 per pound, and 1  pound of pasta sauce that costs $5. If Jerry can keep the rest of the $50 after grocery shopping, how much money will he have?
Here is a math problem: Mandy is 3 years old. Her brother is 4 times as old as she is. Her sister is 5 years younger than her brother.  What is the age difference between Mandy and her sister?
Here is a math problem: A supermarket has pints of strawberries on sale. They sold 54 pints and made $216, which was $108 less than they would have made selling the same number of pints without the sale. How many more dollars does a pint of strawberries cost when not on sale?
Here is a math problem: A Moroccan restaurant received 3 different shipments of couscous. The first two shipments of 7 and 13 pounds arrived on the same day. The next day's shipment was 45 pounds of couscous. If it takes 5 pounds of couscous to make a dish, how many dishes did the restaurant make?
Here is a math problem: Charlotte is a dog walker and is creating a schedule for all of her clients this week. Each dog is walked separately. On Monday, she needs to walk 4 poodles and 2 Chihuahuas. On Tuesday, she walks the same amount of Chihuahuas but isn't sure how many poodles she should walk. On Wednesday, she walks 4 Labradors. It takes 2 hours to walk a poodle, 1 hour to walk a Chihuahua, and 3 hours to walk a Labrador. If she has time for a total of 32 hours spent in dog-walking this week, how many poodles can Charlotte walk on Tuesday?
Here is a math problem: Jenna catches an eel that's 1/3 as long as Bill's. If the combined length of their eels is 64 inches, how long is Jenna's eel?
Here is a math problem: At the Sterling Auto Store, they have 500 cars for sale.  If they have 10 sales professionals, and each salesperson sells 10 cars per month, how many months will it take for them to sell all of the cars?
Here is a math problem: Three snails raced across a rain-soaked sidewalk.  The first snail raced at a speed of 2 feet per minute.  The second snail raced at twice the speed of the first snail.  And the third snail traveled at five times the rate of speed as the second snail.  If it took the first snail 20 minutes to race all the way up the sidewalk, how long, in minutes, did it take for the third snail to race all the way up the sidewalk?
Here is a math problem: At a pool party, there are 4 pizzas cut into 12 slices each.  If the guests eat 39 slices, how many slices are left?
Here is a math problem: Sandra had 2 different bags of candy.  Each of her bags had 6 pieces of candy left.  Her brother, Roger, also had 2 bags of candy.  One of his bags of candy had 11 pieces left and the other had 3 pieces left.  How much more candy did Roger have?
Here is a math problem: Three years ago, Rosie purchased an art piece for $4000. The same art piece will be three times as much in another three years. How much money will the art piece have increased by?
Here is a math problem: The civic league was hosting a pancake breakfast fundraiser.  A stack of pancakes was $4.00 and you could add bacon for $2.00.  They sold 60 stacks of pancakes and 90 slices of bacon.  How much did they raise?
Here is a math problem: Freddy is calling his family on New Year's Eve. He calls his dad, who lives in the same city as him, and they talk for 45 minutes. Then he calls his brother, who lives on the other side of the world, and they talk for 31 minutes. Local calls cost 5 cents a minute, while international calls cost 25 cents a minute. How many dollars did Freddy spend calling his family on New Year's Eve?
Here is a math problem: James buys 5 packs of beef that are 4 pounds each.  The price of beef is $5.50 per pound.  How much did he pay?
Here is a math problem: If Billy and Jenny each order a $20 steak along with a $5 drink, how much will Billy have to pay in tips if he wants to cover 80% of a 20% tip for the two of them?
Here is a math problem: Two buses leave a pick-up point station with 60% and 70% of capacity full, respectively. If the people in the buses are all employees of a company, and the buses have a capacity of 150, calculate the total number of the employees in the two buses combined?
Here is a math problem: Borris liquor store uses 90 kilograms of grapes every 6 months. He is thinking of increasing his production by twenty percent. How many grapes does he need in a year after increasing his production?
Here is a math problem: A man is returning home from work and trying to decide which route to take.  His first route option includes 3 stoplights.  This route will take him 10 minutes if all three lights are green, but each light that is red will add 3 minutes to the trip.  The second route does not include any stoplights and takes 14 minutes.  If the man chooses the first route, how much longer will his trip be if all 3 stoplights are red?
Here is a math problem: A shopping center sells T-shirts at $8 each, a sweater at $18,  and a jacket at $80. The jacket is on sale with a 10% discount. The sales tax is 5%.  Kevin wants to buy six T-shirts, four sweaters, and five jackets for his children. How much does Kevin have to pay for all the items, including the sales tax?
Here is a math problem: Mona plays a multiplayer video game on the weekends. She joins groups with four other players to complete objectives in the game. The past weekend, she joined 9 groups. One of the groups included two players she had grouped with before that weekend, and another group included one person she had grouped with before. How many unique players did Mona group with on the video game that weekend?
Here is a math problem: Fiona completed 36 math questions in an hour. Shirley was able to complete twice as many math questions within that same time, and Kiana completed half of the sum of Fiona and Shirley's math questions. If they each did the same number of questions the following hour, how many math questions did all three girls complete in 2 hours?
Here is a math problem: During my workout yesterday, I did 30 squats. Each day, I plan to increase my number of squats by 5 more than the previous day. If I do my workout for four consecutive days, how many squats will I perform the day after tomorrow?
Here is a math problem: Janet buys a multi-flavor pack of cheese sticks. 15 of the sticks are cheddar, 30 are mozzarella, and 45 are pepperjack. If Janet picks a cheese stick at random, what is the percentage chance it will be pepperjack?
Here is a math problem: If eight liters is 20% the capacity of a container filled with water, calculate the total capacity of 40 such containers filled with water.
Here is a math problem: 85 paper stars are required to fill a glass jar. Luke has already made 33 stars, but he needs to fill 4 bottles. How many more stars must Luke make?
Here is a math problem: Amy is collecting candy for the car pool. She has 5 chocolate bars, 7 times as many M&Ms as chocolate bars, and 6 times as many marshmallows as M&Ms. Amy then arranges the candies into baskets. If she fills each basket with 10 candies, how many baskets will Amy fill?
Here is a math problem: Rachel is 4 years older than Leah. If the sum of their ages is 34, how old is Rachel?
Here is a math problem: Gunther just financed a John Deere tractor through the dealership.  If his monthly payment is $150.00 a month, for 5 years, with no interest, how much did he finance the tractor for?
Here is a math problem: Mark started the day with 14 buttons. His friend Shane gave him 3 times that amount of buttons. Then his other friend Sam asked if he could have half of Mark’s buttons. How many buttons did Mark end up with?
Here is a math problem: Since it is Maurice's turn to host this year’s neighborhood cookout, he goes to the local wholesale club to buy ground beef. The wholesale club sells ground beef in 5-pound packages. Maurice wants to make one 2-pound burger for each person that attends, so he purchases 4 packages of ground beef. How many people can Maurice invite to the cookout so that everybody, including himself, gets a burger?
Here is a math problem: Cassandra collected 5000 pennies for the charity drive. James collected 276 fewer pennies. How many pennies did they donate to charity?
Here is a math problem: Emery and Serena go to their school library, and each borrows a copy of The life of Jack Steve's book to read for their school project. If Emery can read five times as fast as Serena, and the book takes her 20 days to read, what's the average number of days the two take to read the book?
Here is a math problem: A band's members each earn $20 per gig. If there are 4 members and they've earned $400, how many gigs have they played?
Here is a math problem: Holly wants to plant a wall of privacy trees along her fence line.  Her fence is 25 yards long.  At maturity, the trees she wants to plant will measure 1.5 feet wide.  Right now, these trees are on sale for $8.00 apiece.  How much will it cost her to plant a row of the trees to run the length of her fence?
Here is a math problem: A 26-mile circular marathon has four checkpoints inside it. The first is one mile from the start line, and the last checkpoint is one mile from the finish line. The checkpoints have equal spacing between them. How many miles apart are each of the consecutive checkpoints between the start-finish line?
Here is a math problem: James buys 100 tennis balls and gives half of them away.  The other half he puts into 5 large containers.  How many tennis balls go in each container?
Here is a math problem: Mary is making a spinach quiche. She takes 40 ounces of raw spinach and cooks it until it's 20% of its initial volume. If she mixes the spinach with 6 ounces of cream cheese and 4 ounces of eggs, what is the total volume of the quiche?
Here is a math problem: Nadine went to a garage sale and spent $56. She bought a table for $34 and 2 chairs. Each chair cost the same amount. How much did one chair cost?
Here is a math problem: Last Sunday, Logan went to church and realized that the number of children present was 80. If there were 60 male adults, and the total number of people in the church was 200, how many female adults were present?
Here is a math problem: Colbert is building a treehouse out of wooden planks. The treehouse needs 200 wooden planks. A quarter of these planks come from Colbert’s storage, half of these planks come from Colbert’s parents, 20 planks come from Colbert’s friends and he buys the rest from the store. How many planks of wood does he need to buy from the store to finish his treehouse?
Here is a math problem: Sam earns $10 an hour on Math tutoring. For the first month, he earned $200; and for the second month, he earned $150 more than the first month. How many hours did he spend on tutoring for two months?
Here is a math problem: Carmen needs $7 more to have twice the amount of money that Jethro has. Meanwhile, Patricia has $60, which is 3 times as much as Jethro. What is the sum of all their money?
Here is a math problem: Annie brought 20 brownies to school.  She gave half of them to the school administrator to put in the faculty lounge.  Of the remaining brownies, she gave half to her best friend, Carl, and another two to her friend, Simon.  How many brownies did she have left?
Here is a math problem: Maria buys a large bar of French soap that lasts her for 2 months.  She spends $8.00 per bar of soap.  If she wants to stock up for the entire year, how much will she spend on soap?
Here is a math problem: Teagan saved 200 pennies in her piggy bank.  Rex has a mason jar filled with 100 nickels.  Toni has 330 dimes stashed inside a giant mug.  How much money did the three kids save altogether?
Here is a math problem: Gary has 6 pounds of flour. He will use 4 pounds of flour to make cakes which require 0.5 pounds of flour each. The remaining 2 pounds of flour will be used to bake cupcakes, which require 1/5 pounds of flour. He plans to sell the cakes for $2.5 each and the cupcakes for $1 each in the school's bake sale. How much will Gary earn?
