Charley bought 30 pencils. She lost 6 pencils while moving to school, and of course, also lost 1/3 of the remaining pencils because she wasn't very good at keeping track of pencils. How many pencils does she currently have?
Let's think: If Charley bought 30 pencils and lost 6 while moving, she remained with 30 - 6 = 24 pencils. Because she isn't good at keeping track of her pencils, Charley lost 1 / 3 * 24 = 8 more pencils. She currently has 24 - 8 = 16 pencils.. The answer is: 16.

Alison bought some storage tubs for her garage. She bought 3 large ones and 6 small ones, for $48 total. If the large tubs cost $6, how much do the small ones cost?
Let's think: Let t be the price of the small tubs. 3 * 6 + 6 * t = 48. 18 + 6 * t = 48. 6 * t = 48 - 18 = 30. 6t = 30. t = 5 dollars for each small tub.. The answer is: 5.

At A.T. Cross Luxury Pens, a pencil sells at twenty-five cents while a pen sells at fifteen cents. Bowen buys 40 pens and 2/5 times more pencils than pens from A.T. Cross Luxury Pens. Calculate the total amount of money Bowen spends.
Let's think: Bowen bought 2 / 5 * 40 pens = 16 more pencils than pens. The total number of pencils that he bought is 40 pencils + 16 pencils = 56 pencils. If each pencil costs twenty - five cents, the total amount of money he spent on pencils is 56 pencils * $0.25 / pencil = $14. On pens, Bowen spent $0.15 / pen * 40 pens = $6. The total amount of money Bowen spent is $14 + $6 = $20.. The answer is: 20.

Lucy plans to purchase potato chips for a party. Ten people will be at the party, including Lucy. The potato chips cost 25 cents per pound. How much will Lucy pay (in dollars) for the potato chips if she wants each person to get 1.2 pounds?
Let's think:
Lucy needs to purchase 10 x 1.2 = 12 pounds of potato chips. So, Lucy will pay 12 x 25 = 300 cents for it. Since there are 100 cents in $1, thus, Lucy will pay 300 / 100 = 3 dollars.. The answer is: 3.