Micah and Luis | May 27, 2014

Micah is 32 years old and Luis is 6 years old. How many years will it take until Micah is only 3 times as old as Luis?

Alex and Jim | May 19, 2014

Alex and Jim have equal amounts of money. Each day, Alex spends $5 and Jim spends $3. When Alex has $8 left, Jim has 4 times as much money left as Alex. How much money does each boy have at first?

Books for the Library | May 12, 2014

Ali, Clara, and Shan raised money for new books for the school library. Ali raised 20% more than Clara and $58 more than Shan. Clara raised 1/4 times more than Shan.

a) How much money did they raise altogether?

b) What percent of the total amount of money did Clara raise?

Instruments in the Band Room | May 5, 2014

Part A:

In a music room, the ratio of the number of clarinets to the number of flutes was 3 : 4. After the school bought another 24 flutes, the ratio became 3 : 8. How many clarinets were there in the music room?

Part B:

In a music room, the ratio of trombones to trumpets is 5 : 4. The ratio of trumpets to tubas is 6 : 1. There are 29 of these brass instruments in all. How many trumpets are there?

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