Q: On Monday Buddy has 30 baseball cards. On Tuesday Buddy loses half of them. On Wednesday Buddy buys 12 baseball cards. On Thursday he buys a third of what he had on Tuesday. How many baseball cards does he have on Thursday?
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A: On Tuesday Buddy has 30/2 = <<30/2=15>>15 baseball cards.
On Wednesday Buddy has 15+12 = <<15+12=27>>27 baseball cards.
On Thursday Buddy buys 15/3 = <<15/3=5>>5 baseball cards.
On Thursday Buddy has a total of 27+5 = <<27+5=32>>32 baseball cards. The answer is  32.
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