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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Ray buys a pack of hamburger meat for $5.00, a box of crackers for $3.50, 4 bags of frozen vegetables at $2.00 per bag and a pack of cheese for $3.50 at the gr...
He buys 4 bags of frozen vegetables for $2.00 a bag so that’s 4*2 = $<<4*2=8.00>>8.00 The meat is $5.00, the crackers are $3.50, the vegetables are $8.00 and the cheese is $3.50 for a total of 5+3.50+8+3.50 = $<<5+3.5+8+3.5=20.00>>20.00 He gets 10% discount on his $20.00 purchase so that’s .10*20 = $<<.10*20=2.00>>2.00...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Gretchen draws caricatures in the park on the weekends. She charges $20.00 per drawing. If she sold 24 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday, how much money did she m...
She drew 24 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday for a total of 24+16 = <<24+16=40>>40 drawings She charges $20.00 per drawing and she drew 40 caricatures so she made $20*40 = $<<20*40=800.00>>800.00 #### 800
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: James has 3 more than 2 times the number of Oreos Jordan has. If there are 36 Oreos total, how many does Jordan have? ### Response:
Let x represent the number of Oreos Jordan has James:3+2x Oreos Total:3+2x+x=36 3x+3=36 3x=33 x=<<11=11>>11 Oreos #### 11
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Sandra eats 3 beignets every morning. How many beignets will she eat in 16 weeks? ### Response:
She eats 3 beignets every morning and there are 7 days in a week so she eats 3*7 = <<3*7=21>>21 beignets in a week There are 16 weeks in 16 weeks and she eats 21 beignets in a week so she will eat 16*21 = <<16*21=336>>336 beignets #### 336
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Miss Adamson has four classes with 20 students each. She makes a study guide for her class and uses 5 sheets of paper per student. How many sheets of paper wil...
Miss Adamson has a total of 20 x 4= <<20*4=80>>80 students. Thus, she will use 80 x 5= <<80*5=400>>400 sheets of paper for all of her students. #### 400
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Melissa works on a poultry farm. She drives to town twice each month to buy supplies. If it takes her 3 hours to drive to town and back, how many hours does Me...
Melissa spends 2x3=<<2*3=6>>6 hours driving each month. Since there are 12 months in a year, she spends 6x12=72 hours driving each year. #### 72
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: James buys 3 packs of candy. He pays with a $20 bill and gets $11 change. How much did each pack of candy cost? ### Response:
The candy cost 20-11=$<<20-11=9>>9 So he pays 9/3=$<<9/3=3>>3 per candy #### 3
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Spot sells cookies in bags and boxes. Each bag has 7 cookies. Each box has 12 cookies. How many more cookies are in 8 boxes than there are in 9 bags? ### Res...
There are 8 boxes of cookies * 12 cookies each = <<8*12=96>>96 cookies. There are 9 bags of cookies * 7 cookies each = <<9*7=63>>63 cookies. There are 96 - 63 = <<96-63=33>>33 more cookies in the boxes than in the bags #### 33
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A gumball machine has red, green, and blue gumballs. The machine has half as many blue gumballs as red gumballs. For each blue gumball, the machine has 4 times...
There are 16/2=8 blue gumballs. There are 8*4=<<8*4=32>>32 green gumballs. There are 16+32+8=<<16+32+8=56>>56 total gumballs. #### 56
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Léa bought one book for $16, three binders for $2 and six notebooks for $1. Calculate the total cost of her purchases. ### Response:
The binders cost 3 binders * $2/binder = $<<3*2=6>>6 The notebooks cost 6 notebooks * $1/notebook = $<<6*1=6>>6 The amount of Lea’s purchases is: $16 + $6 + $6 = $<<16+6+6=28>>28 #### 28
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jackson wants to start saving for the vacation that he’s taking next August, 15 months away. He wants to save $3,000.00. If he gets paid 2 times a month how ...
He has 15 months to save $3,000.00 so that’s 3000/15 = $<<3000/15=200.00>>200.00 a month. He gets paid twice a month so he needs to save 200/2 = $<<200/2=100.00>>100.00 from each paycheck. #### 100
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The local salon offers mani/pedis for $40.00. They are running a Mother's day special and offering 25% off their regular rate. Charlotte is treating herself,...
A mani/pedi is $40.00 and they are offering 25% off so that's 40*.25 = $10.00 discount The mani/pedi is $40.00 and there is a $10.00 discount so each one is 40-10=$<<40-10=30.00>>30.00 Charlotte is treating herself and 4 other people for a total of 5 people at $30.00 each so it will cost 5*30 = $<<5*30=150.00>>150.00 #...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Carlton wears an assortment of sweater vests and button-up shirts. He has twice as many sweater vests as button-up shirts and considers each unique combination...
Carlton has 2 * 3 = <<2*3=6>>6 sweater vests. He can combine each sweater vest with different 3 button-up shirts, so Carlton has 3 * 6 = <<3*6=18>>18 outfits. #### 18
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: There are 50 staplers in the stapler. Stacie staples 3 dozen reports on her desk. How many staplers are left in the stapler? ### Response:
Stacie staples 3 x 12 = <<3*12=36>>36 reports. There are 50 - 36 = <<50-36=14>>14 staplers left in the stapler. #### 14
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Ellen is painting flowers on a vase. It takes her 5 minutes to paint a lily, 7 minutes to paint a rose, 3 minutes to paint an orchid, and 2 minutes to paint a ...
First find the total time Ellen spends painting lilies: 5 minutes/lily * 17 lilies = <<5*17=85>>85 minutes Then find the total time Ellen spends painting roses: 7 minutes/lily * 10 roses = <<7*10=70>>70 minutes Then find the total time Ellen spends painting orchids: 3 minutes/orchid * 6 orchids = <<3*6=18>>18 minutes T...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jack cycles from his home to the store. Then he cycles, at the same speed, 50 miles to his friend Peter. It takes Jack twice as long to go from his home to the...
When Jack cycles from home to the store, it takes 2 * 50 = <<2*50=100>>100 miles. He then cycles 50 miles to Peter. The total number of miles covered is 100+50 = <<100+50=150>>150 miles. When Peter and Jack cycle back to the store, they cover an additional 50+50 = <<50+50=100>>100 miles. The total number of miles cover...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Percius has a collection of marbles. 40% of them are clear. 20% are black, and the remainder are all the other colors. A friend of his asks if he can take five...
50% of the marbles are of other colors because 100 - 40 - 20 = <<100-40-20=40>>40 The friend will on average get 2 other colored marbles because 5 x .4 = <<5*.4=2>>2 #### 2
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Joe had 200 data points on his dataset. He then added 20% more data points to the dataset. If he reduced the data points by 1/4 of the total data points, calcu...
When Joe added 20% more data points to the dataset, the data points in the dataset increased by 20/100*200=<<20/100*200=40>>40 data points. The total number of data points increased to 200+40= <<200+40=240>>240 If he reduced the data points by 1/4 of the total data points, the data points reduced by 1/4*240=<<240*1/4=6...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A carton contains 12 boxes. If each box has 10 packs of cheese cookies, what's the price of a pack of cheese cookies if a dozen cartons cost $1440? ### Respon...
If a carton contains 12 boxes, a dozen cartons contain 12*12= 144 boxes If each box has 10 packs of cheese cookies, 144 boxes have 144*10 = 1440 packs The price of a pack of cheese cookies if a dozen cartons cost $1440 is $1440/1440 = $<<1440/1440=1>>1 #### 1
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Sienna gave Bailey half of her suckers. Jen ate half and gave the rest to Molly. Molly ate 2 and gave the rest to Harmony. Harmony kept 3 and passed the remain...
Taylor received 5 + 1 = <<5+1=6>>6 suckers. Harmony was given 3 + 6 = <<3+6=9>>9 suckers. Molly received 9 + 2 = <<9+2=11>>11 suckers from Jen. Jen originally had 11 * 2 = <<11*2=22>>22 suckers. Jen ate 22 – 11 = <<22-11=11>>11 suckers. #### 11
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Alice was able to sell $2500 worth of gadgets. For this month, she expects to receive her monthly basic salary of $240 and a 2% commission from these sales. Ho...
Alice will get a commission of $2500 x 2/100 = $<<2500*2/100=50>>50. This month, she will earn a total of $240 + $50 = $<<240+50=290>>290. So, Alice will save $290 x 10/100 = $<<290*10/100=29>>29 for this month. #### 29
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jesse received $50 as a gift to buy what she wants. She goes to the mall and falls in love with a novel that costs her $7. Then she went to lunch because she w...
After buying the novel Jesse has $50 - $7 = $<<50-7=43>>43 left The cost of the lunch is twice the price of the novel, so Jesse spent 2*$7 = $<<2*7=14>>14 With the cost of lunch Jesse has $43 - $14 = $<<43-14=29>>29 left #### 29
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Georgie is a varsity player on a football team. He can run 40 yards within 5 seconds. If he can improve his speed by forty percent, how many yards will he be a...
The additional yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 x 0.40 = <<40*0.40=16>>16. So the total yard he will be able to run to after improving his speed is 40 + 16 = <<40+16=56>>56. The total yards he will be able to run to within 10 seconds is 56 x 2 = <<56*2=112>>112. #### 112
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The Dark Lord needs to transport 1200 pounds of swords to the Enchanted Forest for a battle with the elves. He has 10 squads of 8 orcs each. How many pounds of...
First find the total number of orcs: 10 orc squads * 8 orcs/squad = <<10*8=80>>80 orcs Then divide the total amount of swords by the number of orcs to find the amount of swords per orc: 1200 pounds / 80 orcs = <<1200/80=15>>15 pounds/orc #### 15
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: John trains for ultramarathons. He starts only able to run 8 hours straight but eventually increases that by 75%. He also increases his speed of 8 mph by 4 m...
His initial time of 8 hours increases by 8*.75=<<8*.75=6>>6 hours So he can now run for 8+6=<<8+6=14>>14 hours His speed is now 8+4=<<8+4=12>>12 mph So he can run for 14*12=<<14*12=168>>168 miles #### 168
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A professional company is hiring for a new position. They have two qualified applicants. The first applicant will accept a salary of $42000 and make the compan...
The first candidate’s training will cost 1200 * 3 = <<1200*3=3600>>3600 dollars. That candidate will make the company 93000 - 42000 - 3600 = 47400 dollars in the first year. The second candidate’s bonus will cost 45000 * 1 / 100 = <<45000*1/100=450>>450 dollars. That candidate will make the company 92000 - 45000 - 450 ...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: If Aang caught 7 fish, then Sokka caught 5 fish, and then Toph caught 12 fish, what is the average amount of fish that each person caught? ### Response:
Aang, Sokka and Toph caught 7 fish + 5 fish + 12 fish = <<7+5+12=24>>24 fish. The average catch of fish per person is 24 fish / 3 people = <<24/3=8>>8 fish per person. #### 8
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Collin learned that he could earn $0.25 per aluminum can that he brought into the recycling center. He found 12 cans at home and three times as many at his gr...
He found 12 and his grandparents gave him three times that amount so he got 12*3 = 36 cans from his grandparents All total he collected 12 cans, the 36 from his grandparents, the 46 from the neighbor and 250 from his dad for a total of 12+36+46+250 = <<12+36+46+250=344>>344 cans Each can was worth $0.25 so .25*344 = $<...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: It takes 1 person working 10 hours to figure out the solution to a math problem. If you add a second person who's equally good at math, how long will the two ...
You're doubling the number of people working on the task, which means you'll be able to reduce the amount of time worked in half if they're of equal skill. Therefore, you take the original time of 10 hours and perform 10/2= <<10/2=5>>5 hours spent working on the problem. #### 5
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Maria found a store that sells handmade sweaters for $30 and a handmade scarf for $20. She wants to buy one for everyone in her family. She will buy 6 sweaters...
The total cost of the sweaters is 6 * $30 = $<<6*30=180>>180 The total cost of the scarves is 6 * $20 = $<<6*20=120>>120 The total cost of the sweaters and scarves is $180 + $120 = $<<180+120=300>>300 Therefore, she will have $500 - $300 = $<<500-300=200>>200 left in her savings. #### 200
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: One ticket to the underground costs $3. In one minute, the metro sells an average of 5 such tickets. What will be the earnings from the tickets in 6 minutes? ...
In one minute the metro sells 5 tickets, so they earn 5 * 3 = $<<5*3=15>>15. So in 6 minutes they would earn 15 * 6 = $<<15*6=90>>90. #### 90
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Gretchen read that you should spend 10 minutes walking for every 90 minutes you spend sitting. If Gretchen spends 6 hours working at her desk, how long will sh...
Gretchen spends 6 hours working, which is 360 minutes. She should spend 10 minutes walking for every 90 minutes she spends sitting, so she should spend 360 minutes / 90 minutes = <<360/90=4>>4 x 10 minutes = <<4*10=40>>40 minutes walking. #### 40
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A portable battery charger can fully charge a smartphone in 26 minutes or a tablet in 53 minutes. Ana charged her tablet fully and her phone halfway. How many ...
Ana charged her phone halfway, so she took 1/2 * 26 = <<1/2*26=13>>13 minutes to charge her phone. Thus, it took Ana 13 + 53 = <<13+53=66>>66 minutes to charge her phone and tablet. #### 66
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Ray always takes the same route when he walks his dog. First, he walks 4 blocks to the park. Then he walks 7 blocks to the high school. Finally, he walks 11 bl...
To get to the park, Ray walks 4 blocks. To get to the high school, he walks another 7 blocks. To get back home, he walks 11 blocks. So each walk around the neighborhood is 4 + 7 + 11 = <<4+7+11=22>>22 blocks. Ray walks his dog 3 times each day, so his dog walks 22 * 3 = <<3*22=66>>66 blocks each day. #### 66
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jackie spends 8 hours working, 3 hours of exercise and spends 8 hours of sleep per day. How much free time does Jackie have? ### Response:
Jackie spends a total of 8 + 8 + 3 = <<8+8+3=19>>19 hours on work, exercise, and sleeping. Therefore he has 24 - 19 = <<24-19=5>>5 hours of free time. #### 5
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: An investment bank gives 10 percent interest at the end of every month. How much money in total will you have, including interest, at the end of 2 months if yo...
After the first month you get 10/100 * $300 = $<<10/100*300=30>>30 interest. After the first month you will have $300 + $30 = $<<300+30=330>>330 in total. After the second month you get = 10/100 * $330 = $<<10/100*330=33>>33 interest. After the second month you will have $330 + $33 = $<<330+33=363>>363 in total. #### 3...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Marlon had 42 lollipops in the beginning. On his way home, he saw Emily and gave her 2/3 of his lollipops. Then, Marlon kept 4 lollipops and gave the rest to L...
Marlon gave Emily 42 x (2/3) = <<42*(2/3)=28>>28 lollipops. So, he only had 42 - 28 = <<42-28=14>>14 lollipops left. After keeping 4, Marlon gave Lou 14 - 4 = <<14-4=10>>10 lollipops. #### 10
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Julia collects old watches. She owns 20 silver watches, and three times as many bronze watches. She decided to buy gold watches to add to her collection, a num...
Julia has 20 * 3 = <<20*3=60>>60 bronze watches. 60 + 20 = <<60+20=80>>80 total silver and bronze watches 10% of all Julia's watches is 80 * 10 / 100 = <<80*10/100=8>>8 watches. After buying new gold watches, Julia now has 20 + 60 + 8 = <<20+60+8=88>>88 watches. #### 88
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: There were 148 peanuts in a jar. Brock ate one-fourth of the peanuts and Bonita ate 29 peanuts. How many peanuts remain in the jar? ### Response:
There were 148 peanuts in a jar. Brock ate one-fourth of the peanuts, which is 148*(1/4) = <<148*(1/4)=37>>37 Bonita ate 29 peanuts, and together they ate 37+29 = <<37+29=66>>66 peanuts. There were 148-66 = <<148-66=82>>82 peanuts left in the jar. #### 82
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The pizzeria sells small pizzas for $2 and large pizzas for $8. They sold $40 in pizzas. If they sold 8 small pizzas, how many large pizzas did they sell? ###...
They earned 8*2= $<<8*2=16>>16 from the small pizzas The large pizzas earned 40-16=$<<40-16=24>>24 They sold 24/8= <<24/8=3>>3 large Pizzas #### 3
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: There are 320 ducks in a pond. On the first night 1/4 of them get eaten by a fox. On the second night 1/6 of the remaining ducks fly away, and on the third n...
First night:320(1/4)=80 320-80=<<320-80=240>>240 Second night:240(1/6)=40 240-40=<<240-40=200>>200 Third night:200(.30)=60 200-60=<<200-60=140>>140 ducks remain #### 140
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Yanni has 5 paintings that combined, take up 200 square feet. 3 of the paintings are 5 feet by 5 feet. 1 painting is 10 feet by 8 feet. If the final painting i...
Each 5 by 5 painting is 25 square feet because 5 x 5 = <<5*5=25>>25 All three of them take up 75 square feet because 3 x 25 = <<3*25=75>>75 The 10 by 8 painting takes up 80 square feet because 10 x 8 = <<10*8=80>>80 These four paintings take up 155 square feet because 80 + 75 = <<80+75=155>>155 The final painting takes...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Mark is 7 years older than Amy, who is 15. How old will Mark be in 5 years? ### Response:
Mark is 15 years + 7 years = <<15+7=22>>22 years old. In 5 years, he will be 22 years + 5 years = <<22+5=27>>27 years old. #### 27
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The area of a forest is three times the area of the square-shaped street. If the street has a length of 100 meters on one side and the number of trees per squa...
The area of the square-shaped street is 100*100 = <<100*100=10000>>10000 square meters. The area of the forest is three times the area of the square-shaped street, a total of 3*10000 = <<3*10000=30000>>30000 square meters. If the number of trees per square meter in the forest is 4, there are 4*30000 = <<4*30000=120000>...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: At Rainbow Preschool, there are 80 students. 25% of them are half-day students and get picked up at noon, while the rest are full-day students. How many are f...
The total number of students is 80. The number of full-day students is 80 - 25% of 80 = <<80-25% of 80=60>>60. #### 60
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Last week, Mr. Sanchez bought 6 feet of rope for their class activity. He found that he lacks rope for the activity so this week, he bought 4 feet less than la...
Last week, Mr. Sanchez bought 6 x 12 = <<6*12=72>>72 inches of rope. This week, he bought 6 - 4 = <<6-4=2>>2 feet of rope. Since there are 12 inches in a foot, then Mr. Sanchez bought 2 x 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 inches of rope. Therefore, Mr. Sanchez bought a total of 72 + 24 = <<72+24=96>>96 inches. #### 96
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Gentry assembled a new 24 foot round pool in her backyard. To fill the pool with water, she used four hoses. Two of the hoses each deliver water at a rate of...
At a rate of 2 gallons per minute, two hoses deliver a combined total of 2*2=<<2*2=4>>4 gallons of water per minute. At a rate of 3 gallons per minute, the other two hoses deliver a combined total of 2*3=<<3*2=6>>6 gallons of water per minute. Thus, the four hoses deliver a combined total of 4+6=<<4+6=10>>10 gallons of...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Alina and her best friend Lucia like to chat a lot. On a particular day, Alina sent 20 fewer messages than her friend Lucia, who sent 120 messages. The next da...
On the first day, Alina sent 120 - 20 = <<120-20=100>>100 messages. The total number of messages sent by Alina and Lucia on the first day is 100+120 = <<100+120=220>>220 messages On the second day, Lucia sent 1/3 * 120 = <<1/3*120=40>>40 messages Alina sent 100*2 = <<100*2=200>>200 messages on the second day. The total...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jessie won 3 times as many athletic awards as his buddy Scott, who won 4 awards. The best athlete at the rival high school won twice as many awards as Jessie....
Jessie won 3 times the amount of the 4 awards that Scott won so he won 3*4 = <<3*4=12>>12 awards The rival athlete won twice the awards as Jessie, who won 12 so he won 2*12 = <<12*2=24>>24 awards #### 24
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Armand is playing a guessing game with his dad where he has to guess a number his dad is thinking of. His dad tells him that the number, when multiplied by 3, ...
102 is twice 51 because 2 x 51 = <<2*51=102>>102 Three less than 102 is 99 because 102 -3 = <<102-3=99>>99 The number is 99/3 because 99 is the same as 3 times 33, and 33 is the number we are looking for. #### 33
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Loisa wants to buy a tablet that costs $450 cash. Since she does not have enough money, the store offered her an installment plan for 12 months. She will pay $...
Loisa will pay a total of $40 x 4 = $<<40*4=160>>160 for the first 4 months. She will pay a total of $35 x 4 = $<<35*4=140>>140 for the next four months. And she will pay a total of $30 x 4 = $<<30*4=120>>120 for the last four months. Thus, she will pay a total of $100 + $160 + $140 + $120 = $<<100+160+140+120=520>>520...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Eliana walked 200 steps for her morning exercise, did some press-ups, then added some 300 more steps to her count for the first day. The next day, she walked t...
On the first day, she walks 200 + 300 = <<200+300=500>>500 steps. The next day she walks twice the steps, which is 2*500 = <<2*500=1000>>1000 On the third day, she walks an additional 100 steps, bringing the three-day total to 100+1000+500 = <<100+1000+500=1600>>1600 steps #### 1600
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: After evaluating his students on the final exams. Professor Oscar reviews all 10 questions on each exam. How many questions must he review if he has 5 classes ...
For each class, the professor must review the questions of 35 students, in total, he will review 10 questions * 35 students = <<10*35=350>>350 questions per class. If the professor has 5 classes, he will review a total of 350 questions per class * 5 classes = <<350*5=1750>>1750 questions. #### 1750
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Every ten minutes during sunset, the sky changes to a new color. How many colors did the sky turn over the two hours of a long summer sunset if each hour is si...
At 60 minutes per hour, the sunset was 2 * 60 = <<2*60=120>>120 minutes long. The sky changes color every 10 minutes, so it turned 120 / 10 = <<120/10=12>>12 colors over the summer sunset. #### 12
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jaymee is 2 years older than twice the age of Shara. If Shara is 10 years old, how old is Jaymee? ### Response:
Twice the age of Shara is 10 x 2 = <<10*2=20>>20. So, Jaymee is 20 + 2 = <<20+2=22>>22 years old. #### 22
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Blinky wants to make a three-layer birthday cake for her mom. The recipe for the smallest layer of the cake requires 2 cups of sugar. If the second layer is tw...
Since the second layer is twice as big as the first, then it requires 2*2 = <<2*2=4>>4 cups of sugar. Since the third layer is three times bigger than the second, then it requires 4*3 = <<12=12>>12 cups of sugar. #### 12
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The distance from Anthony’s apartment to work is 10 miles. How far away is the gym from his apartment if it is 2 miles more than half the distance from his apa...
First, we need to determine what half the distance from his apartment to work is by performing 10 miles / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 miles. Then, we need to add 2 miles to this distance to find the distance to the gym, performing 5 miles + 2 miles = <<5+2=7>>7 miles. #### 7
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: There are 21 cherry tomatoes on the tomato plant. 2 birds eat one-third of the tomatoes. How many are still left on the tomato plant? ### Response:
The birds eat this many tomatoes: 21 / 3 = <<21/3=7>>7 tomatoes. There are this many tomatoes left on the plant: 21 - 7 = <<21-7=14>>14 tomatoes. #### 14
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A school does a yearly tree planting activity. This year, the 4th graders planted a total of 30 trees while 5th graders planted twice as many. The 6th graders ...
The 5th graders planted 30 x 2 = <<30*2=60>>60 trees. The 6th graders planted (3 x 60) - 30 = <<(3*60)-30=150>>150 trees. So, the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders planted a total of 30 + 60 + 150 = <<30+60+150=240>>240 trees. #### 240
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: James decides to sell 80% of his toys. He bought them for $20 each and sells them for $30 each. If he had 200 toys how much more money did he have compared t...
He bought all the toys for 20*200=$<<20*200=4000>>4000 He sold 200*.8=<<200*.8=160>>160 toys He made 160*30=$<<160*30=4800>>4800 from selling them So he profits 4800-4000=$<<4800-4000=800>>800 profit #### 800
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: If you buy 2 packs of 500 mL milk, it will cost $2.50. If you buy them individually, they will cost $1.30 each. How much is your total savings from buying ten ...
The price per 500 mL milk from the 2 packs is $2.50/2 = $1.25. This means that for each pack of 500 mL milk, you can save $1.30 - $1.25 = $0.05. Ten sets of 2 packs mean 10 x 2 = <<10*2=20>>20 packs of 500 mL of milk. So, your total savings will be $0.05 x 20 = $<<0.05*20=1>>1. #### 1
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Ruth goes to school 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. She is in math class 25% of this time. How many hours per week does she spend in math class? ### Response...
She is in school for 40 hours because 5 x 8 = <<5*8=40>>40 She is in math class for 10 hours a week because 40 x .25 = <<40*.25=10>>10 #### 10
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Every room in a building has at least two windows and a maximum of 4 windows. There are 122 windows total. If 5 rooms have 4 windows and 8 rooms have 3 windows...
Since five rooms have four windows, this accounts for 20 windows because 4*5=<<4*5=20>>20 windows. Similarly, 8 rooms having 3 windows account for 24 windows because 8*3=<<8*3=24>>24 windows. Therefore, 56 windows are accounted for because 20+24=<<20+24=44>>44 windows. The remaining number of windows is 76 because 122-...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Chip takes 2 pages of notes every day, 5 days a week, for each of his 5 classes. His notebook paper comes in packs of 100 sheets of paper per pack. After 6 w...
He takes 2 pages of notes every day for each of his 5 classes so that's 2*5 = <<2*5=10>>10 pages of notes He takes 10 pages of notes every day for 5 days so that's 10*5 = <<10*5=50>>50 pages of notes If he takes 50 pages of notes every week for 6 weeks that's 50*6 = 300 pages of notes His notebook paper comes 100 pages...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jackson is laying tile in a courtyard that measures 10 feet by 25 feet. He needs 4 tiles per square foot of space. 40% of the tiles are green marble that costs...
First find the area of the courtyard: 10 feet * 25 feet = <<10*25=250>>250 feet Then multiply the area by the number of tiles per square foot to find the total number of tiles needed: 250 feet * 4 tiles/square foot = <<250*4=1000>>1000 tiles Then multiply the number of tiles by the percentage that are green to find the...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Angela wants to check her math homework answers with her friends, but some of them aren't done yet. Out of 20 problems, Martha has finished 2, Jenna has finish...
Four times the number of problems Martha answered is 4 x 2 = <<4*2=8>>8. So, Jenna answered 8 - 2 = <<8-2=6>>6 problems. The number of problems Mark answered is 6/2 = <<6/2=3>>3. Angela was able to answer 20 - 2 - 6 - 3 = <<20-2-6-3=9>>9 problems. #### 9
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: About 450 000 people lived in Maryville in 2000. In 2005, about 467 000 people lived in Maryville. What is the average number of people added each year? ### R...
The total increase of people from 2000 to 2005 is 467 000 – 450 000 = 17 000 people. So, the average number of people added each year is 17 000/5 = <<17000/5=3400>>3400 people. #### 3400
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: John is laying the foundation for 3 homes. Each home needs a slab of concrete that is 100 feet by 100 feet by .5 feet. Concrete has a density of 150 pounds per...
The volume of the slab is 100*100*.5=<<100*100*.5=5000>>5000 cubic feet So it weighs 5000*150=<<5000*150=750000>>750000 pounds That means the cost is 750000*$.02=$<<750000*.02=15000>>15,000 per house So the total cost is 3*15000=$<<3*15000=45000>>45,000 #### 45000
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Emma bought a loaf of bread that had a certain number of slices. Her little cousin Andy ate 3 slices from the bread at two different points in time, and then E...
Little Andy ate 3 slices 2 times giving a total of 3*2= <<3*2=6>>6 slices of bread 1 piece of toast bread requires 2 slices of bread so 10 pieces need 10*2 = <<10*2=20>>20 slices of bread There is 1 remaining slice of bread so in total there were 6+1+20 = <<6+1+20=27>>27 slices of bread in the loaf #### 27
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jake buys 2-pound packages of sausages. He buys 3 of them and they are $4 a pound. How much does he pay? ### Response:
He bought 2*3=<<2*3=6>>6 pounds of sausage So they cost 6*$4=$<<6*4=24>>24 #### 24
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: While reading in bed with his wife Susan, Charlie heard a noise at the door. It was Sarah entering the bedroom with 4 friends. If there were also 8 people in t...
In the bedroom, there are 1 + 1 = <<1+1=2>>2 people in the house (Charlie and Susan). Sarah and four friends then entered, a total of 4+1 = <<4+1=5>>5 people. Together with Charlie and Susan, there are now 5+2 = 7 people in the bedroom. Since there are 8 more people in the living room, the total number of people in the...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A football club has a balance of $100 million. The club then sells 2 of its players at $10 million each, and buys 4 more at $15 million each. How much money is...
The 2 players are sold for a total of 2*10 = $20 million So the club has 100 + 20 = $<<100+20=120>>120 million The cost of buying 4 more players at $15 million each is 4*15 = $<<4*15=60>>60 million So the club now has 120 – 60 = $<<120-60=60>>60 million #### 60
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Erica sees 9 butterflies in the garden. She sees one-third of them fly away. How many butterflies are left in the garden? ### Response:
Erica sees 9 / 3 = <<9/3=3>>3 butterflies fly away. There are 9 - 3 = <<9-3=6>>6 butterflies still left in the garden. #### 6
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: A bakery sells boxes of doughnuts and if there are any doughnuts left at the end of the day, the bakery gives them away. Each box of doughnuts holds 10 doughnu...
Boxes of doughnuts are made from 100% real doughnuts, therefore 27 boxes contain a total of 27 * 10 = <<27*10=270>>270 doughnuts. The bakery has therefore used 270 doughnuts to make the boxes, so they still have 300 - 270 = <<300-270=30>>30 doughnuts left. Since they can't sell doughnuts that are not in boxes, they giv...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Jerry charges $20 to pierce someone's nose and 50% more to pierce their ears. If he pierces 6 noses and 9 ears, how much money does he make? ### Response:
First find the total amount of money Jerry makes from nose piercing: $20/nose * 6 noses = $<<20*6=120>>120 He charges $20 * 1.5 = $<<20*1.5=30>>30 more to pierce one person's ears than their nose. He makes $30 / ear * 9 ears = $<<30*9=270>>270 from ear-piercing. He makes a total of $270 + $120 = $<<270+120=390>>390. ##...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: There's an online sale where you get $10 for every $100 that you spend. If you make a purchase of $250 before discounts, how much did you end up paying? ### R...
If for every $100 spent I save $10, then for $250 spend I'd save $10*2=$20 If my total was $250, then I ended up paying $250-$20=$<<250-20=230>>230 #### 230
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: At an auction event, the price of a TV, whose cost was $500, increased by 2/5 times its initial price. The price of a phone, which was $400, also increased by ...
If the TV's original price was $500, at the auction, its price increased by 2/5*$500 = $200 The total price at which the TV was sold at the auction is $500+$200 = $<<500+200=700>>700 The price of the phone also increased at the auction, a 40% increase which is 40/100*$400 = $<<40/100*400=160>>160 The total price that t...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Lance wants to finish reading a 100 page book in 3 days. Yesterday, he started to read 35 pages. Today, he read 5 fewer pages than yesterday. How many pages sh...
Lance read 35 - 5 = <<35-5=30>>30 pages today. So, he read a total of 35 + 30 = <<35+30=65>>65 pages in 2 days. Therefore, he should read 100 - 65 = <<100-65=35>>35 pages tomorrow. #### 35
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Megan bought 2 dozen eggs. As she was walking to her car, she dropped a tray of eggs. 3 eggs broke, and twice as many cracked. What is the difference between t...
2 dozen eggs means 2 * 12 = <<2*12=24>>24 eggs 3 eggs broke, so 24 - 3 = <<24-3=21>>21 eggs are left. Twice as many cracked, so 3 * 2 = <<3*2=6>>6 eggs cracked. So 21 - 6 = <<21-6=15>>15 eggs still have perfect condition. The difference between the perfect eggs and cracked eggs is 15 - 6 = <<15-6=9>>9 eggs. #### 9
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Connor is taking his date to the movies. The tickets cost $10.00 each. They decided to get the large popcorn & 2 drink combo meal for $11.00 and each grab a ...
The tickets cost $10.00 each and he has to buy 2 tickets so that's 10*2 = $<<10*2=20.00>>20.00 They each grab a box of candy that's $2.50 a box so that will cost 2*2.50 = $<<2*2.50=5.00>>5.00 The tickets cost $20.00, the candy is $5.00 and the combo will is $11.00 so Connor will spend 20+5+11 = $<<20+5+11=36.00>>36.00 ...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Kimmie received $450 from her handmade crafts at the supermarket. Her friend Zahra received 1/3 less money when she sold the same amount of handmade crafts at ...
Zahra sold her handmade crafts for $450 * (1/3) = $<<450*(1/3)=150>>150 less than Kimmie at Etsy. So, Zahra got $450 - $150 = $<<450-150=300>>300 for her handmade crafts. Kimmie saved $450 / 2 = $<<450/2=225>>225 of her earnings into the savings account. Zahra saved $300 / 2 = $<<300/2=150>>150 of her earnings into the...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Penny's canoe can carry 6 people, but if she wants to take her dog, she will only fit 2/3 of that number inside. If every person in a trip where Penny had her ...
If Penny has her dog inside the canoe, only 2/3*6 = <<2/3*6=4>>4 people could fit inside the canoe. With the dog in the canoe, the canoe's total weight is 4*140 + 140*1/4 = 560+35 = 595 pounds #### 595
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Lauren's social media channel makes $0.50 for every commercial that's viewed and $1.00 for every person who subscribes. On Tuesday, 100 people watched commerc...
She makes $0.50 for viewed commercials and 100 people watched them on Tuesday for a total of .50*100 = $<<0.50*100=50.00>>50.00 She makes $1.00 for every person who subscribes and she got 27 people to sign up so that's 1*27 = $<<1*27=27.00>>27.00 Between the viewed commercials that made $50.00 and the $27.00 she made f...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: An auctioneer raises the price of an item he is auctioning by $5 every time someone new bids on it. Two people enter a bidding war on a desk and the price goes...
The desk price was raised 65 - 15 = $<<65-15=50>>50. At $5 per bid, there were 50 / 5 = <<50/5=10>>10 bids on the desk. There were two bidders, so each bid 10 / 2 = <<10/2=5>>5 times on the desk. #### 5
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: On a tough week, Haji's mother sells goods worth $800, which is half the amount she sells on a good week. What's the total amount of money she makes if she has...
If on a tough week she sells half what she sells on a good week, then the amount she sells on a good week is 800*2 = $<<800*2=1600>>1600 There are 3 tough weeks and 5 good weeks, so the amount of money she makes in 3 tough weeks is 3*800 = $<<3*800=2400>>2400 In 5 good weeks, she sells for 5*1600 = 8000 dollars The tot...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Salem is 15 times the size of Leesburg. Leesburg has 58940 people. If 130000 people move out of Salem, and half of Salem's population is women, how many women ...
The size of Salem is 15 times the size of Leesburg, so Salem has 15 x 58940 = <<58940*15=8841000>>8841000 people. 130000 people move out of Salem, so Salem's population is 8841000 - 130000 = <<8841000-130000=8711000>>8711000 people. Half of Salem's population is women, so there are 8711000 / 2 = <<8711000/2=4355500>>43...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Trip wanted to watch the new action movie in theaters. An evening ticket cost $10 and a large popcorn & drink combo would cost him an additional $10. He noti...
An evening movie is $10 and the food combo would be $10 so 10+10 = $<<10+10=20>>20 If he goes to an earlier movie, it's 20% off the normal ticket price of $10 so 20*.20 = $<<10*20*.01=2>>2 If he goes to an earlier movie, it's 50% off the normal food price of $10 so 50*.01 = $<<10*50*.01=5>>5 If he saves $2 for the tick...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Carter usually bakes 6 cheesecakes, 5 muffins, and 8 red velvet cakes regularly for a week. For this week he was able to bake triple the number of cheesecakes,...
Carter can make 6 + 8 + 5 = <<6+8+5=19>>19 cakes regularly for a week. For this week, he made 6 x 3 = <<6*3=18>>18 cheesecakes. He made 8 x 3 = <<8*3=24>>24 red velvet cakes. And also made 5 x 3 = <<5*3=15>>15 muffins. Carter was able to make 18 + 24 + 15 = <<18+24+15=57>>57 cakes for this week. Therefore, Carter was a...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Barbara went shopping in a supermarket. She bought 5 packs of tuna for $2 each and 4 bottles of water for $1.5 each. In total, she paid $56 for her shopping. H...
For the tuna Barbara needed to pay 5 * 2 = $<<5*2=10>>10. For the four bottles of water, she needed to pay 4 * 1.5 = $<<4*1.5=6>>6. On different goods Barbara spent 56 - 10 - 6 = $<<56-10-6=40>>40. #### 40
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Cape May has 8 more than twice as many sharks as Daytona Beach. If Daytona Beach has 12 sharks, how many sharks are there in Cape May? ### Response:
If Daytona Beach has 12 sharks, then twice that number is 12*2=<<12*2=24>>24 Cape May has 8 more than twice as many sharks as Daytona Beach, a total of 24+8=<<24+8=32>>32 sharks #### 32
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Mark is running for an election and wins 70% of the votes in an area with 100,000 voters. He got twice as many total votes in the remaining area. How many vo...
70% of 100,000 is 70,000 Mark got 70,000*2 = <<70000*2=140000>>140,000 votes in the remaining areas. In total he got 140,000+70,000 = <<140000+70000=210000>>210,000 votes #### 210,000
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Paul uses 1 can of frosting to frost a layer cake. He uses a half can of frosting for a single cake, or a single pan of brownies, or a dozen cupcakes. For Sa...
He needs 1 can of frosting per layer cake and he's making 3 layer cakes so that's 1*3 = <<1*3=3>>3 cans of frosting There are 12 single cakes and he needs 1/2 can of frosting per single cake so he will use 12*.5 = <<12*.5=6>>6 cans of frosting He needs 6 dozen cupcakes and he needs 1/2 can of frosting per dozen cupcake...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Kevin is taking a 600-mile trip, traveling at a rate of 50 miles per hour. How much faster must he travel to decrease his travel time by 4 hours? ### Response...
First find his current travel time 600 miles / 50 miles per hour = <<600/50=12>>12 hours. 12 hours - 4 hours = <<12-4=8>>8 hours desired travel time 600 miles / 8 hours = <<600/8=75>>75 miles per hour. 75 miles per hour - 50 miles per hour = <<75-50=25>>25 miles per hour faster #### 25
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Maurice had only been horseback riding a handful of times in his life. His best friend, Matt, goes horseback riding regularly. When Maurice went to visit Matt ...
Let x = the number of times Maurice had been horseback riding before visiting Matt. Maurice rode 8 times during his visit and Matt rode 8 + 16 = 24 times during Maurice's visit. If the total number of times Matt rode during that two weeks is three times the number of times Maurice had ridden before his visit, then 24 =...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Josephine receives a bill from the hospital for 5000$. 50 percent of the bill is for medication. 25 percent of the remaining bill is for overnight stays, and...
Medication:5000(.50)=2500 Overnight Stays:2500(.25)=625 2500-625=<<2500-625=1875>>1875 Food:1875-175=<<1875-175=1700>>1700 Ambulance ride:1700$ #### 1700
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: The number of Christmas presents David found was twice as many as the number of birthday presents. If David found a total of 60 Christmas presents, how many pr...
The number of birthday presents that David found is 60 / 2 = <<60/2=30>>30 For his birthday and Christmas, David found a total of 30 + 60 = <<30+60=90>>90 presents. #### 90
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Sally reads 10 pages of a book on weekdays and 20 pages on weekends. If it takes 2 weeks for Sally to finish her book, how many pages that book has? ### Respo...
Two weeks has 5*2=<<5*2=10>>10 weekdays. Two weeks has 2*2=<<2*2=4>>4 weekends. On weekdays, she reads 10*10=<<10*10=100>>100 pages in total. On weekends, she reads 20*4=<<20*4=80>>80 pages in total. So she reads a total of 100+80=<<100+80=180>>180 pages over two weeks. Therefore, the book has 180//180= <<180//180=1>>1...
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Joan collects rocks. In her collection of rock samples, she had half as many gemstones as minerals yesterday. Today, she went on a rock collecting trip and fou...
Yesterday before her rock collecting trip, she had 48 - 6 = <<48-6=42>>42 mineral samples. She has 1/2 the number of gemstones, so she has 42 / 2 = <<42/2=21>>21 gemstone samples. #### 21
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Elon has 10 more teslas than Sam who has half the number of teslas as Chris. Chris has 6 teslas. How many teslas does Elon have? ### Response:
Sam has half the number of Chris: 6/2=<<6/2=3>>3 teslas Elon has 10 more than Sam: 10+3=<<10+3=13>>13 teslas #### 13
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Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request in English. Please answer in English. ### Instruction: Yesterday, the newly opened animal shelter received their first 60 animals. They got 20 more cats than dogs. How many cats did they take in? ### Response:
Let c be the number of cats and let d be the number of dogs. We know that c = 20 + d and that the total number of animals is c + d = 60 Replacing c gives 20+ d + d = 60 Combining like terms and subtracting 20 from both sides we get 2d = 40 Dividing both sides by 2, we get d = 40/2 = <<40/2=20>>20 The shelter therefore ...
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