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1. Tickets for the rides are being sold for 100 for five dollars. How much does each ticket cost? (Keep in mind that there are 100 cents in each dollar.)
2. If there are 36 horses on a merry-go-round and exactly half are being ridden when you step up to the ride, how many riders are there at that point before you get on?
3. It's getting close to lunchtime. There are still 12 rides that you would like to go on. Your mom tells you that you only have time for one quarter of them before you have to go eat. How many rides do you get to choose before lunch?
4. While you are eating your nachos at lunch, a small car pulls up and eight clowns get out. Fifty percent of them are each carrying one small furry dog. That's a lot of clowns and pets in that carnival car! How many dogs were there altogether?
5. You watch your sister ride the teacups for two minutes and thirty seconds, the magic swan for four minutes, and the dreamboat for six whole minutes. If you consider only the time on the rides, how long did your sister spend taking them?
6. You are riding a roller coaster that is 3,450 feet long. Your dad can't take the twists and turns and passes out at the sign that you notice says that the ride is half over. He comes to as the ride stops at the end. How many feet of the ride did your dad miss out on as he was passed out?
7. Your dad needs some refreshment after the roller coaster ride, so you head to the lemonade stand. He orders a large one (16 ounces) and you get a small one (9 ounces). How much more liquid will your dad have to drink than you to get to the end of his drink?
8. Your mom leaves you, your dad and sister at a picnic table to go and make a call to the babysitter. Another family with two parents and three kids comes to sit with you because all of the other tables are full. How many people are now sitting at the crowded table?
9. Your dad gives you $10 for supper. You love corn dogs, and decide that you want to eat as many of those as you can with that money. You find out that each one costs $4.25. How many can you buy with the money that you have?
10. At the end of the day, your dad tells you it is thirty-eight miles home, but that you have to take a detour to pick up the baby. He says that detour will add four miles to the trip. Your mom checks her phone and finds a shortcut that she says will shorten the total trip by eight miles altogether (including the detour to pick up the baby). How many miles in total will your dad have to drive to get home from the carnival?
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