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<s>[INST] Ned bought x/3 boxes of chocolate candy and gave y/4 boxes to his little brother. If there are z/5 pieces inside each box, calculate how many pieces Ned still has, given the fractions for x, y, and z. [/INST] First, let's calculate how many boxes Ned originally bought and then how many he gave away: Ned boug...
<s>[INST] Over the course of a week, three different pie flavors, apple, blueberry, and cherry, were sold at a bakery. If 56 apple pie slices, 42 blueberry pie slices, and 32 cherry pie slices were sold throughout the week, and on Saturday the bakery sold 15 apple pie slices, 12 blueberry pie slices and 10 cherry pie s...
<s>[INST] An art dealer sold 24 etchings for 1,440 dollars. He sold some of them at 35 dollars each, others at 45 dollars each, and the rest at 60 dollars each. How many etchings did he sell at each price? [/INST] Let's denote the number of etchings sold at $35 each as x, at $45 each as y, and at $60 each as z. We have...
<s>[INST] Let the number of seats on the ferris wheel be represented by the variable s, and let the number of people wanting to ride the ferris wheel be represented by the variable p. The ferris wheel in Paradise Park has s=6 seats. There are currently p=14 people who want to ride the ferris wheel. Each rotation of the...
<s>[INST] There are 483 fishbowls. Each fishbowl contains 35 guppies, 27 tetras, and 19 goldfish. How many of each type of fish are there in total across all the fishbowls? [/INST] To find the total number of each type of fish across all the fishbowls, we need to multiply the number of each type of fish in one fishbowl...
<s>[INST] John weighs 81 pounds, Roy weighs 79 pounds, Derek weighs 91 pounds and Samantha weighs 72 pounds. What is the combined weight difference between the lightest and heaviest individual? [/INST] The lightest individual is Samantha, who weighs 72 pounds. The heaviest individual is Derek, who weighs 91 pounds. T...
<s>[INST] Jovana filled her bucket with 5.25 pounds of shells. Later, she found a large shell that weighed 700 grams and decided to add it to her bucket as well. If she then filled the rest of the bucket with more shells, adding a total of 4.5 pounds, how many pounds of shells does she have in her bucket now? (1 pound ...
<s>[INST] In the drawer, there are 54 scissors, 120 pencils, and 78 pens. Keith adds 22 more scissors, 35 more pencils, and 12 more pens. In addition, he removes 5% of the original quantity of scissors, pencils, and pens. How many of each item are now in the drawer after all these changes? [/INST] First, let's calculat...
<s>[INST] George has 5 large boxes of blocks. Each large box contains 8 small boxes and each small box holds 9 blocks. There are also 6 individual blocks outside of the boxes. How many blocks does George have in total? [/INST] First, let's calculate the number of blocks in each large box. Since each large box contains ...
<s>[INST] Let the number of trees Mark initially has in his backyard be x, and let y be the number of additional trees Mark plants. If Mark plants the 12 additional trees at a rate of 2 trees per day and decides to remove 3 trees for every day he plants, how many trees will he have at the end of his tree planting sessi...
<s>[INST] In a school supply store, there are 480 pencils in Box A and 735 pencils in Box B. The storekeeper decides to distribute the pencils from Box A equally among 6 classrooms, and from Box B equally among 9 classrooms. After distributing the pencils, the school discovered that 85 more pencils are still needed. Ho...
<s>[INST] There are 18 birds consisting of 10 sparrows, 5 robins, and 3 bluebirds. There are 8 nests available: 4 nests can accommodate sparrows, 2 nests are suitable for robins, and the remaining 2 nests can house bluebirds. What is the total number of extra birds for each type that do not have enough nests to accommo...
<s>[INST] Bridget weighs 39 pounds, Martha weighs 2 pounds, and their combined weight with a backpack is 60 pounds. How much does the backpack weigh, and how much heavier is Bridget than Martha? [/INST] To find out how much the backpack weighs, we first need to add Bridget's and Martha's weights together: Bridget's we...
<s>[INST] Marcus has 350 baseball cards. He has 95 more than Carter. How many baseball cards does Carter have? [/INST] If Marcus has 95 more baseball cards than Carter, we can find out how many baseball cards Carter has by subtracting 95 from the number of baseball cards Marcus has. So, Carter has 350 - 95 = 255 baseb...
<s>[INST] Jane has 28 old, brown sheets of drawing paper of size A4 and 27 old, yellow sheets of drawing paper of size A3. Each A4 sheet weighs 5 grams and each A3 sheet weighs 10 grams. If Jane combines all of her drawing papers, what is the total weight of her drawing papers? [/INST] To find the total weight of Jane'...
<s>[INST] Mrs. Sheridan has 22 fish. Her sister gave her 47 more fish. Later, she decided to give away 15 fish to her neighbors and sell 8 fish to a local pet store. How many fish does she have left now? [/INST] Mrs. Sheridan started with 22 fish. Her sister gave her 47 more, so she had: 22 + 47 = 69 fish Then she ga...
<s>[INST] Jennifer initially has 72 cards. If a certain percentage gets eaten by a hippopotamus, and another percentage gets lost, how many cards will Jennifer have left? Let x be the percentage of cards eaten by the hippopotamus and y be the percentage of cards lost. Find the number of remaining cards in terms of x a...
<s>[INST] Barbara has 9 candies. She buys 18 more and shares them with her 6 friends. Each friend receives an equal amount of candies. If each friend also receives some of Barbara's original candies, how many candies does each friend get? [/INST] Barbara originally has 9 candies. She buys 18 more, so she has a total of...
<s>[INST] In a storage area, there are 12 boxes of marbles. Each box contains 8 marbles of color A and 6 marbles of color B. Calculate the number of marbles of each color and the total weight if: (1) the marbles of color A weigh 0.75 ounces each and (2) the marbles of color B weigh 0.45 ounces each. [/INST] First, let'...
<s>[INST] My car gets 20 miles per gallon of gas on the highway, but only 15 miles per gallon in the city. On my journey to Grandma's house, I will drive 60 miles on the highway and 20 miles in the city. The remaining distance will be on hilly roads where my car gets 18 miles per gallon. Calculate the total gas consump...
<s>[INST] Anne weighs 67 pounds, Douglas weighs 52 pounds, Maria weighs 48 pounds, and John weighs 75 pounds. How much heavier is Anne than the combined weight of Douglas and Maria? [/INST] To find out how much heavier Anne is than the combined weight of Douglas and Maria, we first need to find the combined weight of D...
<s>[INST] On Monday, Carson’s teacher gives out gold stars for great math work. Carson earned 7 gold stars on that day. On Tuesday, Carson put extra effort and earned 11 gold stars. On Wednesday, he earned 8 gold stars. How many gold stars did Carson earn in all during the three days? [/INST] To find out the total numb...
<s>[INST] Arthur removes $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of the pencils from a jar. There were originally 87 pencils in the jar. After Arthur removes some pencils, the total number of pencils left in the jar must be a multiple of 5. How many pencils did Arthur remove? [/INST] Arthur removes $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of the pencils from a jar that...
<s>[INST] Gloria has 9 boxes of tickets. Each box holds 5 tickets, weighs 1.2 pounds, and there are 10 boxes in a case. If Gloria has 2 cases of tickets in addition to the 9 loose boxes, what is the total weight of all tickets she has? [/INST] First, let's calculate the total number of boxes Gloria has: She has 2 case...
<s>[INST] Wayne collects 9 blocks. Wayne's father gives Wayne 6 more. How many more blocks does Wayne need to triple his collection after receiving the additional 6 blocks from his father? [/INST] Wayne initially has 9 blocks. After his father gives him 6 more, Wayne has a total of: 9 blocks + 6 blocks = 15 blocks To...
<s>[INST] Arthur has 6 cards. Aaron initially has 5 cards. Aaron finds another 62 cards, then loses 15 cards and gives 28 cards to Arthur. How many cards does Aaron end up with? [/INST] Aaron initially has 5 cards. He finds another 62 cards, so he has: 5 + 62 = 67 cards Then he loses 15 cards, so he has: 67 - 15 = ...
<s>[INST] Sean initially has 9 apples. Susan gives Sean 8 more apples every day for 5 days. Later, Sean decides to share his apples equally among 3 of his friends, including himself. How many apples does each person get? [/INST] Sean initially has 9 apples. Susan gives Sean 8 more apples every day for 5 days, so that'...
<s>[INST] Heather has 60 oranges. Russell takes 35 away, and then Samantha takes another 12 oranges. How many oranges will Heather have left? [/INST] Heather starts with 60 oranges. Russell takes away 35, leaving Heather with: 60 - 35 = 25 oranges Then Samantha takes another 12 oranges, so Heather is left with: 25 -...
<s>[INST] The Ferris wheel in Paradise Park is a unique attraction with a mix of different seat types. There are 5 regular seats that can hold 4 people each, 6 luxury seats that can hold 3 people each, and 3 family seats that can accommodate 8 people each. If the park has a group of 100 people waiting for a ride, how m...
<s>[INST] Maggi had 3.5 packages of cupcakes, with each package containing 7 cupcakes, and she ate 5.75 cupcakes. How many cupcakes are left? [/INST] Maggi had 3.5 packages of cupcakes, with each package containing 7 cupcakes. To find the total number of cupcakes she had initially, we multiply the number of packages by...
<s>[INST] There were 105 parents, 698 pupils, 45 staff members, and 32 performers in the program. How many people were present in the program in total? [/INST] To find the total number of people present in the program, you need to add up the number of parents, pupils, staff members, and performers. Total number of peo...
<s>[INST] Steven wants to split a collection of cards into groups of 9. Initially, he has 50 cards. However, he decides to give 14 cards to his friend and receive 8 cards from another friend before creating the groups. How many groups will be created after these transactions? [/INST] First, let's calculate the total nu...
<s>[INST] Twelve pencils weigh 37.6 grams each. How much do 27 pencils weigh in total? [/INST] To find the total weight of 27 pencils, we first need to find the weight of one pencil and then multiply that by 27. If twelve pencils weigh 37.6 grams each, then the weight of one pencil is: 37.6 grams / 12 pencils = 3.133...
<s>[INST] There are 9 students in the class and 73 eggs. If the eggs are divided as equally as possible among the students, how many eggs does each student get and how many eggs are left over? [/INST] To divide the eggs as equally as possible among the 9 students, we need to divide 73 by 9. 73 ÷ 9 = 8 with a remainder...
<s>[INST] Clarence has 5 oranges. He gets 3 more from Joyce. Now, he gives half of his oranges to his friend Bob. Later, Clarence buys 9 Skittles at the store. How many oranges does Clarence have left after giving some to Bob? [/INST] Clarence initially has 5 oranges. He gets 3 more from Joyce, which makes it 5 + 3 = 8...
<s>[INST] Gumballs come in packages of 7. Nathan ate 53 gumballs. How many whole boxes did he eat and how many gumballs does he have left? [/INST] To find out how many whole boxes Nathan ate, we divide the total number of gumballs he ate by the number of gumballs in a package. 53 gumballs ÷ 7 gumballs/package = 7 pack...
<s>[INST] Jane goes to a store to buy an apple for $0.75, a sandwich for $3.50, and a soda for $1.25. The tax rate for the apple and sandwich is different where the apple is taxed at 3% and the sandwich at 6%. The soda did not have a tax. If Jane pays with a $20 bill, how much change will she receive after taking into ...
<s>[INST] Martin has 8 boxes of crayons. Each box originally holds 7 crayons. However, 3 boxes have 2 crayons missing each. How many crayons does Martin have in total? [/INST] Martin has 8 boxes of crayons. Each box originally holds 7 crayons, so if none were missing, he would have: 8 boxes * 7 crayons/box = 56 crayon...
<s>[INST] Jesse has two rooms that she wants to carpet. The first room is rectangular with a length of 12 feet and a width of 8 feet. The second room is a right-angled triangle with a base of 10 feet and a height of 6 feet. How much carpet does she need to cover both rooms? [/INST] To find out how much carpet Jesse nee...
<s>[INST] Joshua has 40 Skittles and 6 eggs. If he shares the Skittles and eggs equally among 5 friends, how many Skittles and what fraction of an egg does each friend get? [/INST] To divide the Skittles equally among 5 friends, we divide the total number of Skittles by the number of friends: 40 Skittles ÷ 5 friends =...
<s>[INST] Mildred weighs 59 pounds. Carol weighs 9 pounds more than Mildred and Jake weighs twice as much as Carol. How much does Jake weigh? [/INST] First, we need to find out how much Carol weighs. Since Carol weighs 9 pounds more than Mildred, we add 9 pounds to Mildred's weight: Carol's weight = Mildred's weight +...
<s>[INST] Emily collected eggs from the hen and decided to put them into 12 baskets. She started by putting 25 eggs in the first basket, and then she increased the number of eggs placed in each subsequent basket by 5. How many eggs did Emily collect in total? [/INST] To find the total number of eggs Emily collected, we...
<s>[INST] Cade had 350 marbles. He gave 175 to Dylan. How many does he have left? [/INST] Cade had 350 marbles and gave 175 to Dylan. To find out how many marbles Cade has left, we subtract the number of marbles he gave away from the number he started with: 350 marbles - 175 marbles = 175 marbles Cade has 175 marbles...
<s>[INST] You have 24 cookies and want to share them equally among x number of people, where x can be any whole number between 1 and 24. What would be the fraction or decimal of cookies each person would get for each value of x? [/INST] To find the fraction or decimal of cookies each person would get, we divide the tot...
<s>[INST] The Litter Patrol picked up 10 glass bottles, 8 aluminum cans, and 12 plastic bags on Saturday. Additionally, they estimate that 25% of the litter they collected consisted of miscellaneous items. How many pieces of litter did they pick up altogether, including the miscellaneous items? [/INST] First, let's cal...
<s>[INST] Misha has x dollars initially and she earns y% of her initial amount every month. After z months, she wants to have a total of 47 dollars to buy a dog. How many dollars does she have to earn and for how many months does she need to work, given that she starts with 34 dollars? [/INST] Let's denote the initial ...
<s>[INST] Jennifer starts with 7 apples and decides to triple them every hour. After 3 hours, she finds another 74 apples. How many apples does Jennifer have in total at the end of the 3rd hour? [/INST] Jennifer starts with 7 apples. After the first hour, she triples the number of apples she has, so she will have 7 * 3...
<s>[INST] You are reading a book with 300 pages. If you want to read the same number of pages each night, how many would you have to read each night to finish in 7 days? [/INST] To find out how many pages you need to read each night to finish the book in 7 days, you would divide the total number of pages by the number ...
<s>[INST] Marilyn starts with 250 bottle caps. She shares 80 bottle caps with Nancy and 55 with Fred. After that, she buys a pack of 3 soda bottles, each having 16 bottle caps inside. Later, she finds out that her cousin is collecting bottle caps too. They agree to combine their collections and split it equally between...
<s>[INST] James rode the first 40 miles of his 80-mile journey at a speed of 16 miles per hour. After a 20-minute rest stop, he continued the remaining 40 miles at a faster speed of 20 miles per hour. How long did James ride in total, including the rest stop? [/INST] First, let's calculate the time it took James to rid...
<s>[INST] Lucy went to the grocery store. She bought 3 packs of cookies, each containing 4 individual packs inside, and 4 packs of noodles, each containing 8 individual packs inside. She also bought 5 packs of juice, with 6 bottles in each pack, and 2 packs of snacks with 10 individual packs in each. How many individua...
<s>[INST] Rachel has 5 jars filled with bottle caps. The first jar has 120 bottle caps, the second has 87, the third has 235, the fourth has 410, and the fifth has 180. She removes 53 bottle caps from the first jar, 47 from the second, 112 from the third, 205 from the fourth, and 75 from the fifth jar. How many bottle...
<s>[INST] Albert has 9 bottle caps. Anne starts with 10 bottle caps and gives away 2/5 of her bottle caps to her friend. After that, she finds another 5 bottle caps. How many bottle caps does Anne end with? [/INST] Anne starts with 10 bottle caps and gives away 2/5 of them. To find out how many she gives away, we calcu...
<s>[INST] Mrs. Hilt needs to share $3.67 equally among 7 people. How much money will each person get? [/INST] To find out how much money each person will get, we need to divide the total amount of money by the number of people. $3.67 ÷ 7 = $0.5242857142857143 (rounded to 9 decimal places) Since we're dealing with mon...
<s>[INST] There are 5 flowers with 2 petals each and 3 bees with 4 wings each. Each flower has 3 leaves, and each bee visits 2 flowers before returning to the hive. How many more petals than wings are there, and how many leaves are left unvisited by the bees? [/INST] First, let's calculate the total number of petals an...
<s>[INST] Gavin has 36 shirts in total. 8 of them are blue, 11 are green, 6 are red, and the rest are yellow. How many yellow shirts does Gavin have? [/INST] To find out how many yellow shirts Gavin has, we need to subtract the total number of blue, green, and red shirts from the total number of shirts he has. So, the...
<s>[INST] Bobby ate 26 pieces of candy in the morning. He decided to eat 3 times as many pieces of candy in the afternoon as he did in the morning, and in the evening, he ate half as many as he did in the afternoon. How many pieces of candy did Bobby eat in total? [/INST] In the morning, Bobby ate 26 pieces of candy. ...
<s>[INST] Isabella's hair is 18 inches long. She gets a haircut and now her hair is 14 inches long. After a few weeks, she gets another haircut reducing her hair length to 9 inches. Calculate the total length of Isabella's hair that got cut off in both haircuts. [/INST] To calculate the total length of Isabella's hair ...
<s>[INST] Mrs. Sheridan has 11 cats and wants to have cat groups with each group consisting of 7 cats in it. Moreover, her friend, Mr. James has more cats that he can share with her. If Mr. James has 18 cats, how many of his cats does Mrs. Sheridan need to borrow to form the maximum number of complete groups of 7 cats?...
<s>[INST] Joyce has 8 eggs. Marie gives Joyce 3.5 more eggs, while Joyce's neighbor trades her 2.5 erasers for half an egg. Later, Joyce gives 2 eggs away to her friend. How many eggs does Joyce have in total? [/INST] Joyce starts with 8 eggs. Marie gives her 3.5 more eggs, so now Joyce has: 8 + 3.5 = 11.5 eggs Joyc...
<s>[INST] Mrs. Hilt bought an ice cream cone for 99 cents, and the price of a second ice cream cone has a 10% discount due to a special promotion. How much would the two ice cream cones cost her in total? [/INST] The second ice cream cone has a 10% discount on the original price of 99 cents. To calculate the discount ...
<s>[INST] Willie starts with 124 stickers. He gives away 43 stickers to Emily. How many stickers does Willie end with? [/INST] Willie starts with 124 stickers and gives away 43 stickers to Emily. To find out how many stickers Willie ends with, we subtract the number of stickers he gives away from the number he starts w...
<s>[INST] Ruth starts with 200 apples, shares 5 with Peter, and then her sister takes half of the remaining apples while Ruth receives 7 more apples as a gift. How many apples does Ruth end with? [/INST] Ruth starts with 200 apples. She shares 5 with Peter, so she has: 200 - 5 = 195 apples left. Her sister takes half...
<s>[INST] Lisa rented 4 DVDs for $4.80 before taxes. After applying a 10% discount with a coupon, she was charged an additional 7% sales tax on the discounted price. How much did each DVD cost to rent, including the discount and sales tax? [/INST] First, let's calculate the total cost after the 10% discount is applied....
<s>[INST] Adam has 13 blocks. Ann starts with 9 blocks. She then finds another 44 blocks, but loses or gives away 17 blocks. How many blocks does Ann have in the end? [/INST] Ann starts with 9 blocks and finds another 44 blocks, so she has: 9 + 44 = 53 blocks Then she loses or gives away 17 blocks, so she has: 53 - ...
<s>[INST] During recess, there were initially 27 boys and 35 girls on the playground. However, after 10 minutes, 7 boys and 5 girls left the playground to join a club meeting, and 3 new boys and 2 new girls arrived. Then, the teachers decided to divide the remaining children into 3 equal-sized groups. How many children...
<s>[INST] Alyssa, Ben, and Camila had 129, 87, and 56 cookies, respectively. Aiyanna has 140 cookies, which is more than each of them. Let x, y, and z represent the amount of extra cookies Aiyanna has compared to Alyssa, Ben, and Camila. Write an algebraic equation for each comparison, and find out the values of x, y, ...
<s>[INST] A cereal box holds 24.5 cups of cereal. Each serving is 1.75 cups. How many servings are in the whole box? [/INST] To find out how many servings are in the whole box, you need to divide the total amount of cereal by the amount in each serving. So, you would divide 24.5 cups (total amount of cereal) by 1.75 ...
<s>[INST] Helen starts with 9 oranges. She gets 29 more from Ann. Later, her friend Sarah takes away 14 oranges from her. How many oranges does Helen end up with? [/INST] Helen starts with 9 oranges. She gets 29 more from Ann, so she has: 9 (initial oranges) + 29 (from Ann) = 38 oranges Later, Sarah takes away 14 ora...
<s>[INST] Sara has 10 marbles. Her friend gives her 5 more marbles. She then loses 7 marbles and trades 3 marbles for stickers. How many marbles will Sara have left? [/INST] Sara starts with 10 marbles. Her friend gives her 5 more, so she has 10 + 5 = 15 marbles. She then loses 7 marbles, so she has 15 - 7 = 8 marbles ...
<s>[INST] There are 9 playing cards and 4 ID cards. If you add 6 more playing cards and 3 more ID cards, how many playing cards and ID cards will there be in total? [/INST] Initially, there are 9 playing cards and 4 ID cards. If you add 6 more playing cards, the total number of playing cards will be: 9 (initial playin...
<s>[INST] Serena removes 4.5 eggs from a jar. There were originally 35.3 eggs in the jar. How many eggs are left in the jar? [/INST] If Serena removes 4.5 eggs from a jar that originally had 35.3 eggs, you can calculate the number of eggs left by subtracting the number of eggs removed from the original number: 35.3 eg...
<s>[INST] If there are 7 crayons in a box and Gerald puts 7/3 more crayons inside, how many crayons are in the box now? [/INST] Gerald puts 7/3 crayons into the box. To find out how many crayons are in the box now, we need to add the original number of crayons to the number of crayons Gerald added. Original number of ...
<s>[INST] There are 8 apples and 6 oranges in a pile on the desk. Each apple comes in a package of 11, while each orange comes in a package of 7. If 5 apples and 3 oranges are added to the pile, and 2 apples and 4 oranges are removed, how many of each fruit are there in the pile now? [/INST] Let's calculate the number ...
<s>[INST] Katherine has 34 bottle caps. She gives away half of them to her friend Alyssa. Then, Alyssa loses 8 bottle caps after a hippopotamus eats them. How many bottle caps does Alyssa have left? [/INST] Katherine gives away half of her 34 bottle caps to Alyssa, so Alyssa receives: 34 / 2 = 17 bottle caps After th...
<s>[INST] Kelly initially has 120 Nintendo games. How many does she need to give away so that she will have 20 games left? [/INST] If Kelly initially has 120 Nintendo games and she wants to have 20 games left, she needs to give away: 120 (initial games) - 20 (games she wants to keep) = 100 games Kelly needs to give a...
<s>[INST] Yesterday, Shelby earned 4 gold stars. Today, she earned 3.5 times more stars than yesterday. How many gold stars did Shelby earn in total? [/INST] To find out how many gold stars Shelby earned today, we need to multiply the number of stars she earned yesterday by 3.5: Yesterday's stars = 4 Today's stars = 4...
<s>[INST] Brandon has 96 Skittles, and Bonnie has 4 Skittles. Brandon loses 9 Skittles, but then he and Bonnie decide to combine their remaining Skittles and divide them equally among themselves and two of their friends, Chloe and Dylan. After the division, Chloe gives half of her Skittles to Dylan, who then shares a t...
<s>[INST] Brian has 76 cards. Wayne takes 59 away. Then Brian buys 3 more packs of cards with each pack containing 15 cards. How many cards will Brian have? [/INST] First, let's find out how many cards Brian has left after Wayne takes 59 away: 76 cards - 59 cards = 17 cards Next, let's find out how many cards Brian g...
<s>[INST] Patrick jogged to Aaron's house, which is 14 miles from his house. The path between their houses consists of 6 miles of uphill terrain, 4 miles of downhill terrain, and 4 miles of flat terrain. Patrick's average speed uphill was 3.5 mph, downhill was 6 mph, and on flat terrain, he averaged 5 mph. Calculate Pa...
<s>[INST] There are 250 erasers in a box. Jane has 50 erasers in a bag. Doris takes 75 erasers out of the box, while Mark takes 40 and Ellie takes 30 erasers as well. How many erasers are left in the box? [/INST] Initially, there are 250 erasers in the box. Doris takes 75 erasers out of the box, so there are now 250 -...
<s>[INST] Isabel bought 900 pieces of paper in her first purchase and then bought 300 more pieces in her second purchase. She used 156 pieces of paper for a school project, 97 pieces for her artwork, and 45 pieces for writing letters. How many pieces of paper does she have left? [/INST] Isabel's total purchases of pape...
<s>[INST] Ted has 180 candy bars. He wants to put them into 12 bags so that there are a unique number of candy bars in each bag, and no two bags have the same number of candy bars. The total distribution should still result in 180 candy bars being distributed. What is the distribution of candy bars for each bag? [/INST...
<s>[INST] The farmer had 7925 apples. He gave 3588 apples to his neighbor. How many apples does he have now? [/INST] The farmer had 7925 apples and gave away 3588 apples. To find out how many apples he has now, we subtract the number of apples he gave away from the number he had originally: 7925 - 3588 = 4337 apples ...
<s>[INST] Melissa is a professional basketball player, she takes part in various tournaments. In one of the tournaments she scored 'a' points in the first game and improved her score by a set amount of 'b' points in each subsequent game. If she played 'n' games in total during the tournament, how many points did she sc...
<s>[INST] Brenda wants to split a collection of erasers into groups of 80. Brenda has 356 erasers. How many complete groups and remaining erasers will be created? [/INST] To find out how many complete groups of 80 erasers Brenda can make, we divide the total number of erasers by the size of each group: 356 erasers ÷ 8...
<s>[INST] Kimberly has 5 Skittles. She buys 7 more which makes her total Skittles N. In the evening, she shares half of her Skittles with her friend and gets 5 additional Skittles from their neighbor. Later, Kimberly buys 18 oranges at the store and trades 3 oranges for G Skittles. How many Skittles does Kimberly have ...
<s>[INST] Initially, there were 2 sparrows sitting on the fence. At first, 3 pigeons and 4 more sparrows joined them. However, 3 sparrows flew away after a while, and then 2 ravens came to sit on the fence. How many sparrows are sitting on the fence now? [/INST] Initially, there were 2 sparrows on the fence. Then 4 mor...
<s>[INST] Betty has 120 oranges that she wants to store in boxes. She wants to put 30 oranges in the first box, 25 oranges in the second box, and varying amounts in the remaining boxes with no box containing more than 30 oranges. How many boxes does Betty need to store all the oranges? [/INST] Betty has already put 30 ...
<s>[INST] Martha is inviting 8 friends to a party. She has 24 cookies in total, but 2 of her friends are gluten-free, and she only has 6 gluten-free cookies. If she wants to distribute the cookies evenly among the 6 remaining friends, and each gluten-free friend gets 3 gluten-free cookies each, how many cookies will ea...
<s>[INST] James ate 22 carrot sticks before dinner and 15 more after dinner. During dinner, he also gave away 8 carrot sticks to his friends. If he originally had 50 carrot sticks, how many carrot sticks does he have left now? [/INST] James started with 50 carrot sticks. Before dinner, he ate 22 carrot sticks, so he h...
<s>[INST] A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates and 4 tubs of candies. Each box of chocolates has a different quantity - the first has 200 pieces, the second 320, the third and fourth have 500 each and the last two boxes each have 768 pieces of chocolates. Each tub of candies also has varying amounts - the first tub ...
<s>[INST] There are 2 bananas in a pile on the desk. Each banana comes in a package of 13. 7 bananas are added to the pile, but 3 friends come and each of them takes away x bananas from the pile. How many bananas are there in the pile after the friends take theirs away? [/INST] Initially, there are 2 bananas in the pil...
<s>[INST] The school is planning a field trip with 350 students and 45 seats available on each school bus. Additionally, there needs to be at least one chaperone for every 20 students, and each school bus also has room for two chaperones. How many buses are needed to take the trip? [/INST] First, let's calculate the nu...
<s>[INST] A pet supply store has 750 bags of dog food, 350 bags of cat food, and 200 bags of bird food. If 20% of the dog food is on sale, 25% of the cat food is on discount, and 15% of the bird food has a special offer, how many bags of each type of pet food are not on any promotion? [/INST] To find out how many bags ...
<s>[INST] Harry starts with 79 apples. He buys 5 more, then decides to give 3 apples to each of his 7 friends. How many apples does Harry end with? [/INST] Harry starts with 79 apples. He buys 5 more, so he has 79 + 5 = 84 apples. He has 7 friends and gives each of them 3 apples. So he gives away a total of 7 friend...
<s>[INST] A company in the United States sells bottle caps at $5.00 each. They offer a 10% discount if you buy more than 4 bottle caps. Additionally, a sales tax of 8% is applied to your purchase. You decided to buy 5 bottle caps. How much will you pay in total, considering the discount and the sales tax? [/INST] First...
<s>[INST] For the school's fifth-grade play, the auditorium has three seating sections. In section A, there are 25 rows with 17 chairs in each row. In section B, the middle section, there are 30 rows, but the number of chairs per row varies: the first row has 20 chairs, and each subsequent row has two additional chairs...
<s>[INST] Mrs. Heine is buying Valentine's Day treats for her 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 3 birds. She wants to buy the dogs 3 heart biscuits each, the cat 2 heart biscuits, and each bird 1 heart biscuit. How many biscuits does she need to buy in total? [/INST] Mrs. Heine needs to buy: For her 2 dogs: 2 dogs * 3 biscuits each ...
<s>[INST] There are 5 children. The first child has 6 pencils, the second child has 9 pencils, the third child has 12 pencils, the fourth child has 15 pencils, and the fifth child has 18 pencils. Find the total number of pencils all the children have. [/INST] To find the total number of pencils all the children have, w...