Rose went to the store on Monday and bought 4 cakes. Tuesday she went to a different store and bought three times that number of cakes. On Wednesday she went to another store and bought 5 times the number of cakes she did on Tuesday. How many cakes did she buy after all three days?

Answer: Rose bought a total of 76 cakes after all three days.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1: Cakes bought on Monday

The problem states that Rose bought 4 cakes on Monday. This is our starting point for the number of cakes.

Step 2: Cakes bought on Tuesday

On Tuesday, Rose bought three times the number of cakes she bought on Monday. So, we multiply the number of cakes from Monday by 3 to find the total for Tuesday.

Step 3: Cakes bought on Wednesday

On Wednesday, she bought five times the number of cakes she bought on Tuesday. We multiply the number of cakes from Tuesday by 5 to get the total for Wednesday.

Step 4: Total cakes bought

To find the total number of cakes bought after all three days, we sum the number of cakes bought on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

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