Ella spent her whole allowance of $2.00, plus the 16¢ she had left over from last week, in bubble gum. if the pieces of gum had been a penny cheaper, she would have received three more pieces than she did. how many pieces did she actually buy? (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) 24 (e) 27

You have 3 boxes, one "strawberries"; one "mentos" and one "mixed".but you know that all the labels are in incorrect order .how do you know witch is witch?

Jada has a meal in a restaurant she adds up the prices listed on the menu for everything they ordered and gets a subtotal of $42.00. when the check comes, it says they also need to pay $3.99 in sales tax. what percentage of the subtotal is the sales tax

It is saturday morning and jeremy has discovered he has a leak coming from the water heater in his attic. since plumbers charge extra to come out on the weekends, jeremy is planning to use buckets to catch the dripping water. he places a bucket under the drip and steps outside to walk the dog. in half an hour the bucket is 1/5 of the way full. what is the rate at which the water is leaking per hour?