Ephraim has two machines that make necklaces for his store. On Sunday the first machine made 45 necklaces. The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine. How many necklaces were made in total on Sunday?
Let's think: The second machine made 2.4 times as many necklaces as the first machine, so the second machine made 2.4 * 45 = 108 necklaces on Sunday. In total, 45 + 108 = 153 necklaces were made on Sunday.. The answer is: 153.

Mary has a mystery book library. She started with 72 mystery books at the beginning of the year. She joined a book club that sent her 1 book each month of the year. She went to a bookstore halfway through the year and bought 5 more books, then bought 2 books at yard sales later. Her daughter gave her another book for her birthday, and her mother gave her a series of 4 books when Mary visited her. She donated 12 books she didn't want to read again to a charity shop and sold 3 to a used book store. How many books did she have at the end of the year?
Let's think: Mary got 1 * 12 = 12 books from the book club. She bought 5 + 2 = 7 books. She was given 1 + 4 = 5 books. She got rid of 12 + 3 = 15 books. Thus, at the end of the year she had 72 + 12 + 7 + 5 - 15 = 81 books.. The answer is: 81.

James gets bored with his game so decides to play a different one. That game promises 100 hours of gameplay but 80% of that is boring grinding. However, the expansion does add another 30 hours of enjoyable gameplay. How much enjoyable gameplay does James get?
Let's think: The first game was 100 * .8 = 80 hours of grinding. So it was 100 - 80 = 20 hours of good gameplay. The expansion brought the time of good gameplay to 20 + 30 = 50 hours.. The answer is: 50.

Elsa gets 500 MB of cell phone data each month. If she spends 300 MB watching Youtube and 2/5 of what's left on Facebook, how many MB of data does she have left?
Let's think:
First subtract the 300 MB Elsa spent on YouTube: 500 MB - 300 MB = 200 MB. Then multiply 200 MB by 2 / 5th to find out how much data Elsa spent on Facebook: 200 MB * 2 / 5 = 80 MB. Finally, subtract the data Elsa spent on Facebook from the 200 MB: 200 MB - 80 MB = 120 MB.. The answer is: 120.