Three tired and hungry people had a bag of apples. While the other two were asleep, one of the three awoke, ate one third of the apples, and went back to sleep. Later a second person awoke, ate one fourth of the remaining apples, and went back to sleep. Finally the first person awoke and ate one third of the remaining apples, leaving 8 apples in the bag. How many apples were in the bag originally?

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

  cassidy wants to cut the yellow fabric into strips that are 0.3 yards wide. how many strips of yellow fabric can cassidy make? yellow fabric 16 yards for $108.00.

Abox holds 500 paperclips. after a week on the teacher's desk 239 paperclips remained. how many paperclips were used?