The SPCA says it costs $3 per day to keep a cat and $5 per day to keep a dog. Last week there were ten dogs and fifteen cats at the SPCA. Mr. Crocker’s fifth grade class offered to raise money to pay for the full week’s expenses. How much will his class have to raise?

Read each question several times and then break it down.  Make certain you understand when you are adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing or doing a combination of calculations.