"Face it, Mom," Lily said when she got a "D" in math on her report card, "I am just not a math person."

Lily's mom looked at her and thought for a moment.  "Hmmmm, well, if you have made up your mind, I guess there is nothing I can do about it."

Lily was ecstatic!  Her mom was not going to insist she learn addition, subtraction and, heaven forbid...multiplication!  Lily was going to enjoy her summer vacation and not do anything that involved math.

Lily couldn't wait to begin her glorious summer.  She was excited to go to her cousin Ava's birthday party and play in the Bounce House.

Mom called, "Lily, let's go pick out a present for Ava."
"Ok," Lily replied.  They got into the car and buckled up.

When they got to the store, Lily's mom said, "I am going to allow you to spend $20.00 for a gift for Ava.  You have to spend at least 3/4 of the money on Ava, then you can keep the change if you tell me how much change you will get."

Lily was happy with that arrangement.  She was going to get to keep the change.

She looked at the toys and the books and the games. "Ava likes sparkly things and make-up," Lily thought, "I will look at the make-up and jewelry."  So, off she went.

There was sparkly nail polish for $2.00 and some pretty bracelets for $4.00.   Lily selected 2 bottles of nail polish, one was a sparkly blue, the other a sparkly pink.  Then she picked out a gold, a silver, and a shiny  purple bracelet.  She also picked out a card for $1.00.

She brought everything up to the register where she met her mom.  "Did you pick out some nice things for Ava?" mom asked.

"Yes, and I got a card too."

"Great, the rules were that you had to spend at least 3/4 of the twenty dollars.  Help me count this out."

Mom took out four $5.00 bills.  Lily counted, "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty."  Mom said, "There are four bills, so your total has to be more than these 3 bills."

Did Lily spend enough?  How much change did she get?  Answer in the comments and come back for Lily's next summer adventure with NO MATH!

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