What is 35 total crimes?

"35 total crimes means there were 35 bad things that happened in one place over a certain time."

Imagine you're playing in your favorite park. Sometimes, other kids take your toys or push you. Each time someone does something like that, it’s kind of like a crime, a little bit of trouble.

Now imagine the park has a big sign that says: "35 total crimes" at the end of the week. That means during that week, 35 bad things happened in the park, maybe some kids took toys, others yelled, and some even tripped people on purpose!

It’s like counting how many times you had to ask your teacher for help with math problems in a whole month. If you asked 35 times, that would be 35 total crimes, but instead of math problems, it's little troubles happening around the park.

So when we say "total," it means we're adding up all those small troubles into one big number, just like counting how many cookies you ate in a day!