Alvin has many apples. He gives 1/3 of his apples plus 2/3 of an apple to Bob. 

He then gives 1/4 of his remaining apples plus half an apple to Chris. 

Afterward, he gives half of his remaining apples to David. 

Lastly, he gives half of his remaining apples plus half an apple to Ed. 

In the end, Alvin has 5 apples left. How many apples does Alvin have initially?

Charlene has 18 more apples than Raul. Raul has 36 apples. Write an equation to represent this situation and determine how many apples Charlene has.

A fruit seller sold some apples and oranges. He sold 3/7 of the apples in the morning and 3/8 of the remainder in the afternoon. He sold 1/3 of the oranges in the morning and 1/4 of the remainder in the afternoon. He had sole sold the same number of apples and oranges at the end of the day. If there were 8 more oranges than apples left unsold, how many fruits were there at first?

I bought 99999 apples my friends took a third how many apples I got