Question: I'm stuck on this math problem: If Patty's dress was $10 more than Ida's dress, and Ida's dress was $30 more than Jean's dress, and Jean's dress was $10 less than Pauline's dress, and lastly Pauline's dress was $30, how much did all the ladies spend on dressed put together?
Can you help?
Answer: 
Jean's dress was $10 less than Pauline's $30 dress, meaning it was 30-10= 20 dollars.
Ida's dress was $30 more than Jean's $20 dress, meaning it was 30+20=50 dollars.
Patty's dress was $10 more than Ida's $50 dress, meaning it was 50+10=60 dollars.
Therefore, all four women together spent 60+50+20+30=160 dollars.