Jack and Jill are playing a card game. If Jill randomly picks a card that is a heart or an ace, she wins. What is the probability of Jill winning?
Amy is choosing the number of ways to arrange her Harry Potter, Hunter Games, and Percy Jackson books. There are 7 books in Her potter, 3 in Hunger Games, and 5 in Percy Jackson. How many ways are there to arrange the three book sets, if each set has to stay with each other and can't be separated?
I have 8 feet of a sandwich. My 15 friends and I want to split it equally. How many inches does each person get?
Mady and Maddy are arranging the letters of the name Maddie. How many ways are there to arrange this name?
James and Jamie have 2 rabbits. Let's say that those rabbits have 2 kids and each kid after that has 2 kids as well. How many bunnies will James and Jamie have after 5 generations (counting the parents as the first generation) if none of the bunnies die?
Johnny has a secret number that he has never told anyone. One day him and his friends are playing a gamete guess what the secret number is. He gives then 3 hints. The first is that the number is an odd multiple of 7. The second is that the number is between 1 and 100. The third is that the number is a multiple of 3 but not of 9. What is the number?
Andrea is arranging her school textbooks. She has 7 different math textbooks, 4 different English textbooks, and 3 different science textbooks. If all of the subjects have to stay next to each other, how many arrangement of the books are possible?
Lex Luther is deciding what evil outfit he wants to wear today. He has 26 different pants he can wear, 53 different shirts,, and 5 different belts. How many combinations of outfits does he have?
Wendy the Witch is making cookies for her Super Scary Halloween Party. If she knows that 121 people are coming, each cookie needs 0.21 pounds of cookie dough, and 16 of the goblins coming don't like cookies, assuming that each monster takes 1 cookie how many pounds of cookie dough does Wendy need?
Roger is buying new shoes for his important job interview. The shoes cost $50. If Roger has a 50% off coupon that is applied before tax and then tax is applied as a 10% tax. How much do the shoes really cost?
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