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<human>: It costs $.10 to print one page. Jenny wants to print 7 copies of her 25-page essay. She also wants to buy 7 pens that each cost $1.50. If she pays the store with 2 twenty dollar bills, how much money should she get in change? <bot>: Jenny needs to print 7 * 25 = 175 pages. This will cost 175 * $.10 = $17.5. T...
<human>: 240 sixth-grade students were asked about the number of novels they read per month. 1/6 of students read three or more novels, 35% of students read two novels, 5/12 of students read one novel, and the rest of the students do not read anything. Calculate the number of students who do not read novels. <bot>: 1/6...
<human>: Carrie is wrapping three birthday presents. One present needs two square feet of wrapping paper to cover. The second present needs three-quarters of that amount. The third present needs the same amount as both other presents put together. How many square feet of wrapping paper does Carrie need for all three pr...
<human>: Tommy is making 12 loaves of bread. He needs 4 pounds of flour per loaf. A 10-pound bag of flour costs $10 and a 12-pound bag costs $13. When he is done making his bread, he has no use for flour and so he will throw away whatever is left. How much does he spend on flour if he buys the cheapest flour to get eno...
<human>: Cary is an engineer in charge of designing an irrigation system for three farmers. Farmer Bob grows 3 acres of corn, 9 acres of cotton, and 12 acres of beans. Farmer Brenda grows 6 acres of corn, 7 acres of cotton, and 14 acres of beans. Farmer Bernie grows 2 acres of corn and 12 acres of cotton. If corn takes...
<human>: Tommy wants to earn enough money to buy 8 new books. Each book costs $5. If Tommy already has $13, how much does he need to save up? <bot>: The books will cost $40 because 8 * 5 = 40 He needs to save up $27 because 40 - 13 = 27. #### 27 The answer is: 27
<human>: Parker is 4 inches shorter than Daisy. Daisy is 8 inches taller than Reese. If Reese is 60 inches tall, what is the average height for the three of them? <bot>: Since Daisy is 6 inches taller than Reese, she must be 60 inches + 8 inches = 68 inches tall. Parker is 4 inches shorter than Daisy, making her 68 inc...
<human>: There are 110 calories in a serving of cheese. Rick buys the large blocks that have 16 servings per block. If Rick has already eaten 5 servings of cheese, how many calories are remaining in the block? <bot>: The block has 16 servings and he has eaten 5 servings leaving 16 - 5 = 11 servings of cheese There ar...
<human>: Jason is mixing a batch of black paint. He needs to add 2 grams of charcoal for every 30 ml of water. If he adds 900 ml of water, how much charcoal does he add? <bot>: First find how many ml of water Jason needs for 1 gram of charcoal: 30 ml / 2 grams = 15 ml/g Then divide the amount of water Jason uses by the...
<human>: Carl types at a speed of 50 words per minute. If he types continuously for 4 hours per day, how many words can he type in 7 days? <bot>: The number of words that Carl can type per hour is 50 * 60 = 3000 words. The number of words that Carl can type in 4 hours is 3000 * 4 = 12000 words. The number of words that...
<human>: Janet hires six employees. Four of them are warehouse workers who make $15/hour, and the other two are managers who make $20/hour. Janet has to pay 10% of her workers' salaries in FICA taxes. If everyone works 25 days a month and 8 hours a day, how much does Janet owe total for their wages and taxes for one mo...
<human>: The seats of a bus are arranged in 23 rows of 4 seats. At the start, 16 people climb. At the first stop, 15 people board the bus and 3 get off. At the second stop, 17 people get on the bus and 10 get off. How many empty seats are there after the second stop? <bot>: There are 23 * 4 = 92 seats on this bus. Afte...
<human>: Farmer Brown raises emus, large birds. His flock has a total of 60 heads and legs. How many emus are in his flock? <bot>: Each emu has 1 + 2 = 3 heads and legs. Then the flock has 60/3 = 20 animals. #### 20 The answer is: 20
<human>: Hash has nine more than half as many toys as Bill has. If Bill has 60 toys, how many total toys do the boys have? <bot>: First we need to know what half of Bills toys are, 60 toys / 2 = 30 toys. Hash has 9 toys + 30 toys = 39 toys. Together the boys have 60 toys + 39 toys = 99 toys. #### 99 The answer is: 99
<human>: Berry wants to make sure he reads an average of 50 pages a day. This week he read 43 pages on Sunday, 65 pages on Monday, and 28 pages on Tuesday. He had a soccer game and fell asleep early on Wednesday so he read nothing. On Thursday he read 70 pages, and on Friday he read 56 pages. How many pages does he hav...
<human>: There are enough provisions in a castle to feed 300 people for 90 days. After 30 days, 100 people leave the castle. How many more days are left until all the food runs out? <bot>: After 30 days, there will be enough food left to sustain 300 people for 90 days – 30 days = 60 days. After the 100 people leave, th...
<human>: The selling price of a bicycle that had sold for $220 last year was increased by 15%. What is the new price? <bot>: The price of the bicycle increased by $220 * 15/100 = $33. Adding the increment price, the new price is $220 + $33 = $253. #### 253 The answer is: 253
<human>: Madeline spends 18 hours a week in class. She spends 4 hours per day working on homework. She spends 8 hours per day sleeping. She works part-time 20 hours per week. How many hours left over does Madeline have? <bot>: Madeline spends 4 * 7 = 28 hours on homework. She spends 8 * 7 - 56 hours sleeping. Therefore...
<human>: Roselyn gives Mara three times as many books as she gives Rebecca and remains with 60 books. If Rebecca received 40 books, how many books did Roselyn have before? <bot>: If Roselyn gave Rebecca 40 books, and Mara was given three times as many books, Mara has 3 * 40 = 120 books. Rebecca and Mara's total number ...
<human>: Natalie's sister had 8 small diaries in her locker. Last summer she bought double the number of diaries she had and then lost 1/4 of what she had. How many diaries does Natalie's sister have now? <bot>: Natalie's sister bought 2 * 8 = 16 diaries. So she then had 16 + 8 = 24 diaries. Afterwards, she loses 1/4 *...
<human>: Austin bought his seven friends each a robot. Each robot costs $8.75. He was charged $7.22 total for tax. He left with $11.53 in change. How much did Austin start with? <bot>: First we need to find the total amount for the robots. 7 robots * $8.75 per robot = $61.25 in total. Now we need to add in the tax $61...
<human>: Five months ago, Mike earned 10 times more money than Fred. If his salary has increased by 40 percent now, and Fred's salary then was $1000, calculate Mike's salary now. <bot>: Five months ago, Mike earned ten times more money than Fred, and since Fred earned $1000, Mike earned 10 * 1000 = $10000 more than Fre...
<human>: A shady restaurant is charging customers gratuities after taxes without them being aware. If my total bill was $140, the sales tax in my city is 10%, I ordered a NY Striploin for $80, and I ordered a glass of wine for $10, how much did they charge me for gratuities? <bot>: The total bill before taxes or gratui...
<human>: Jay & Gloria were hosting a 4th of July party at their house. Jay invited 22 people and Gloria invited 36. They wanted to buy small American flags for everyone. The craft store was having a sale on small flags, 5 flags for $1.00. If they wanted all of their guests to have a flag and they also wanted 1 flag...
<human>: A building has four floors with ten rooms each. Legacy has to clean each room, and it takes her 6 hours to clean one room. If she earns $15 per hour of work, calculate the total amount of money she makes from cleaning all the floors in the building. <bot>: Since the building has four floors with ten rooms each...
<human>: Bob was creating a math test for an online platform. He created 13 questions in the first hour. Bob then doubled his rate for the second hour, and doubled his second hour rate for the third hour. How many questions did Bob create in the three hours? <bot>: First hour: 13 Second hour:13(2) = 26 Third hour: 2...
<human>: Fred had 236 dollars to spend on 6 books. After buying them, he had 14 dollars. On average, how much did each book cost? <bot>: Fred spent $236 - $14 = $222 on books. The cost per book is $222 / 6 books = $37. #### 37 The answer is: 37
<human>: It takes 15 mink skins to make a coat. Andy buys 30 minks and each mink has 6 babies, but half the total minks are set free by activists. How many coats can he make? <bot>: First find the total number of baby minks: 30 minks * 6 babies/mink = 180 minks Add this to the number of adult minks: 180 minks + 30 mink...
<human>: A used car lot has 24 cars and motorcycles (in total) for sale. A third of the vehicles are motorcycles, and a quarter of the cars have a spare tire included. How many tires are on the used car lot’s vehicles in all? <bot>: The used car lot has 24 / 3 = 8 motorcycles with 2 tires each. The lot has 24 - 8 = 16 ...
<human>: Samuel bought 2 dozen doughnuts and Cathy bought 3 dozen doughnuts. They planned to share the doughnuts evenly with their 8 other friends. How many doughnuts will each of them receive? <bot>: Since 1 dozen is equal to 12, then Samuel has 2 * 12 = 24 doughnuts. While Cathy has 3 * 12 = 36. They both have 24 + 3...
<human>: Laura is planning her wedding. She expects 220 people to attend the wedding, but she has been told that approximately 5% typically don't show. How many people will go to her wedding? <bot>: Laura e * pects 100 - 5 = 95% to show up. Laura e * pects 220 * 0.95 = 209 guests. #### 209 The answer is: 209
<human>: A roadwork company is paving a newly constructed 16-mile road. They use a mixture of pitch and gravel to make the asphalt to pave the road. Each truckloads of asphalt uses two bags of gravel and five times as many bags of gravel as it does barrels of pitch to make. It takes three truckloads of asphalt to pave ...
<human>: Dorothy earns $60000 a year from her work. She needs to pay 18% of this amount in taxes. How much money will she have left after she pays the taxes? <bot>: The amount in taxes Dorothy needs to pay is 18/100 * 60000 = $10800. So she is going to be left with 60000 - 10800 = $49200. #### 49200 The answer is: 4920...
<human>: Kantana loves chocolate. Every Saturday she goes to the candy store and buys 2 chocolates for herself and 1 for her sister. This last Saturday she picked up an additional 10 chocolates as a birthday gift for her friend Charlie. How many chocolates did Kantana end up buying for the month? <bot>: There is 1 Satu...
<human>: Martha needs 4 cups of berries and 2 cups of heavy cream to make 1 quart of ice cream. She wants to make 1 quart of strawberry ice cream and 1 quart of raspberry ice cream. At the farmers market, the 2 cup packages of strawberries are $3.00 each and the 2 cup package of raspberries are $5.00 each. The heavy...
<human>: Eve wants to buy her 3 nieces cooking gear that's made for kids. The hand mitts cost $14.00 and the apron is $16.00. A set of 3 cooking utensils is $10.00 and a small knife is twice the amount of the utensils. The store is offering a 25% off sale on all cooking gear. How much will Eve spend on the gifts? <...
<human>: Alex has 2 cakes that are each cut into 8 slices. A fourth of the slices are given away to his friends. A third of the remaining slices are given away to his family. Alex eats 3 slices. How many slices of the cake are left? <bot>: There are 2 * 8 = 16 slices of cake. There are 16/4 = 4 slices There are 16 - 4 ...
<human>: At a gathering, it was reported that 26 people took wine, 22 people took soda, and 17 people took both drinks. If each person could have taken one or more drinks regardless of what was reported, how many people altogether were at the gathering? <bot>: The number of people who took only wine is the difference b...
<human>: Bobby needed to make some trips with his truck and had only 12 gallons of gasoline. He drives to a supermarket 5 miles away and then drives back home. Then he headed to his farm which was 6 miles away. Two miles into the journey, he turned around and drove back home to retrieve some farming tools he forgot to ...
<human>: Terez has 44 cows on his farm. 50 percent of the cows are female, and 50 percent of the females are pregnant. How many pregnant female cows does Terez have? <bot>: Female:44(.50) = 22 Pregnant:22(.50) = 11 cows. #### 11 The answer is: 11
<human>: Tom needs to lower a rope down 6 stories. One story is 10 feet. The only rope being sold is 20 feet long but you lose 25% when lashing them together. How many pieces of rope will he need to buy? <bot>: He needs 10 * 6 = 60 feet He loses 20 * 0.25 = 5 feet each time So he gets 20 - 5 = 15 feet from each pie...
<human>: Samuel swept the porch and cleared nine-tenths of the dust particles from it. As he walked across the porch afterward, his shoes left 223 dust particles behind. How many dust particles were on the porch before Samuel swept if there were 331 after he walked across it? <bot>: Before Samuel walked across the porc...
<human>: In a 90-minute soccer game, Mark played 20 minutes, then rested after. He then played for another 35 minutes. How long was he on the sideline? <bot>: Mark played for a total of 20 + 35 = 55 minutes. So, he was on the sideline for 90 - 55 = 35 minutes. #### 35 The answer is: 35
<human>: Kim's TV uses 125 watts of electricity per hour. She runs it for 4 hours a day. If electricity cost 14 cents per kw/h how many cents does her TV cost to run for a week? <bot>: She uses 4 hours/day * 125 watts/hour = 500 watt hours/day That means she uses 500 watt hours/day * 7 days/week = 3500 watt hours/wee...
<human>: Archie is playing with his marbles outside. He loses 60% of them into the street. Of the remaining ones, he loses half down a sewer. If he has 20 left, how many did he start with? <bot>: He had 40 before losing them into the sewer because 20 * 2 = 40 He started with 100 because 40/.4 = 100. #### 100 The answer...
<human>: Adam earns $40 daily in his job. 10% of his money is deducted as taxes. How much money will Adam have earned after taxes after 30 days of work? <bot>: The amount of money deducted from Adam's daily pay is $40 / 10 = $4. So after deducting 10%, Adam’s daily pay is $40 – $4 = $36. This means that in 30 days he e...
<human>: Lucille is painting her room. Two of her walls are 3 meters wide and 2 meters tall. The third wall is 5 meters wide and 2 meters tall. The final wall is 4 meters wide and 2 meters tall. If each can of paint covers 2 square meters, how many cans of paint does Lucille need? <bot>: For the first set of walls, eac...
<human>: Jeremy listened to five fewer songs yesterday than today. Yesterday, he listened to nine songs. How many songs did Jeremy listen to in two days? <bot>: Jeremy listened to 9 + 5 = 14 songs today. Thus, he listened to 9 + 14 = 23 songs in two days. #### 23 The answer is: 23
<human>: Brian can only hold his breath underwater for 10 seconds. He wants to get better, so he starts practicing. After a week, he's doubled the amount of time he can do it. After another week, he's doubled it again from the previous week. The final week, he's increased it by 50% from the previous week. How long...
<human>: A farmer has twice as many pigs as cows, and 4 more cows than goats. If the farmer has 56 animals total, how many goats does he have? <bot>: Let x be the number of goats Cows:4 + x Pigs:2(4 + x) = 8 + 2x Total:x + 4 + x + 8 + 2x = 56 4 * + 12 = 56 4 * = 44 * = 11 goats. #### 11 The answer is: 11
<human>: For a school fundraiser, Chandler needs to sell 12 rolls of wrapping paper. So far, he has sold 3 rolls to his grandmother, 4 rolls to his uncle, and 3 rolls to a neighbor. How many more rolls of wrapping paper does Chandler need to sell? <bot>: Chandler has sold 3 rolls + 4 rolls + 3 rolls = 10 rolls. Chandle...
<human>: Jackson’s mom packs him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for his school lunch on Wednesdays and Fridays. There are 36 weeks of school and Jackson has only missed 1 Wednesday and 2 Fridays. How many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches did he eat for lunch this school year? <bot>: 36 weeks of school x 2 days of...
<human>: Punger collects baseball cards. He buys 60 packs of baseball cards. Each pack has 7 cards inside. He wants to put these cards in special pages to protect the cards. Each page can hold 10 cards. How many pages does he need to buy? <bot>: 60 packs of cards * 7 cards per pack = 420 cards 420 cards / 10 cards per...
<human>: On Friday, Remy paid Sally’s Woodworking LLC a total of $20,700 for 150 pieces of furniture. Later that evening, the company’s accountant discovered that a new intern in the sales department had overcharged Remy. If the cost of a piece of furniture is $134, how much money will Sally’s Woodworking LLC reimburse...
<human>: Seth bought some boxes of oranges. He gave a box to his mother. He then gave away half of the remaining boxes. If Seth has 4 boxes of oranges left, how many boxes did he buy in the first place? <bot>: After giving a box to his mom, Seth had 4 * 2 = 8 boxes left. Seth bought 8 + 1 = 9 boxes of oranges. #### 9 T...
<human>: Marla has a grid of squares that has 10 rows and 15 squares in each row. She colors 4 rows of 6 squares in the middle of the grid with red. She colors all squares on the first 2 and last 2 rows with blue. Then she colors the rest with green. How many squares does Marla color green? <bot>: There are 10 * 15 = 1...
<human>: Students at Highridge High earn 2 points for each correct answer during a quiz bowl If a student correctly answers all the questions in a round, the student is awarded an additional 4 point bonus. They played a total of five rounds each consisting of five questions. If James only missed one question, how many ...
<human>: Catriona has 8 goldfish in her aquarium. She has 4 more angelfish than goldfish. Also, she has twice as many guppies as angelfish. How many fish does Catriona have in her aquarium? <bot>: Catriona has 8 + 4 = 12 angelfish. She also has 12 * 2 = 24 guppies. Thus, she has 8 + 12 + 24 = 44 fish in her aquarium. #...
<human>: Carl has a jar full of marbles. He takes out 12 marbles to play a game with, but he accidentally drops them and 1/2 the marbles get lost. So Carl takes out 10 more marbles. While he is playing his game his mother comes home with another bag of marbles for him, which has 25 marbles in it. If Carl can't find his...
<human>: Rene can finish reading 30 pages in 60 minutes. Lulu can read 27 pages in 60 minutes and Cherry can read 25 pages in 60 minutes. If they have been reading for 240 minutes now, how many pages have they finished reading in total? <bot>: Rene finished 30 * 4 = 120 pages in 240 minutes. Lulu finished 27 * 4 = 108 ...
<human>: Sonja makes her own peanut butter with peanuts and oil in a blender. She uses a ratio of two ounces of oil to smooth out every eight ounces of peanuts. Her last batch of peanut butter weighed 20 ounces. How many ounces of oil did she use? <bot>: Sonja uses 2 ounces of oil for 8 ounces of peanuts to make 2 + 8 ...
<human>: On the first day of the journey, the Skipper sailed his ship halfway to the destination by traveling due east for 20 hours at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and then turned the ship's engines off to let them cool down. But while the engines were off, a wind storm blew his vessel backward in a westward dire...
<human>: Karen’s work tote bag is twice the weight of her husband Kevin’s briefcase when the briefcase is empty. When Kevin puts his laptop and work papers in his briefcase, it is twice the weight of Karen’s tote. Kevin’s work papers are a sixth of the weight of the contents of his full briefcase. If Karen’s tote weigh...
<human>: Tony paid $7 for 2 dozen apples and 1 bunch of bananas. Arnold paid $5 for 1 dozen apples and 1 bunch of bananas. How much does a bunch of bananas cost? <bot>: Tony paid $7 - $5 = $2 more than Arnold We know he bought the same number of bananas as Arnold but that he bought 2 - 1 = 1 dozen apples more than Arno...
<human>: If Stu has 9 books and Albert has 4 times as many books as Stu, how many books do Stu and Albert have in total? <bot>: Albert has 4 * 9 books belonging to Stu = 36 books. So the pair have a combined total of 36 books belonging to Albert + 9 books belonging to Stu = 45 books. #### 45 The answer is: 45
<human>: In a race, there are eight runners. The first five runners finish the race in 8 hours, while the rest of the runners finish the race 2 hours later. Calculate the total time the eight runners took to finish the race. <bot>: The first five runners took a combined total of 5 * 8 = 40 hours to finish the race. The...
<human>: Keaton climbed a 30 feet ladder twenty times while working at the construction site. Reece, also working at the same site, climbed a ladder 4 feet shorter than Keaton's ladder 15 times. What's the total length of the ladders that both workers climbed in inches? <bot>: If Keaton climbed his ladder twenty times,...
<human>: Emily makes $1,000,000 per year. If she has 10 employees who make $20,000 per year, how much would her salary be if she took part of her salary to make sure all of her employees make $35,000 per year. <bot>: Each employee needs $35,000 - $20,000 = $15,000 more per year. In total, Emily needs to pay $15,000 * 1...
<human>: Linda bought two coloring books at $4 each, 4 packs of peanuts at $1.50 each pack, and one stuffed animal. She gave the cashier $25 and got no change. How much does a stuffed animal cost? <bot>: The two coloring books amount to 2 * $4 = $8. The 4 packs of peanuts amount to 4 * $1.50 = $6. The total cost for th...
<human>: Monika went out for the day and spent some money. She went to the mall and spent $250. Then, she went to the movies and watched 3 movies back to back that each cost $24. Then she stopped by the farmer's market on her way home and got 20 bags of beans at $1.25/bag. How much money did Monika spend throughout her...
<human>: Nurse Missy is attending to the needs of 12 patients in her hospital ward. Most of her patients require standard care, but one-third of her patients have special dietary requirements, which increases the serving time by 20%. At dinner time, she brings each patient their meal. It takes 5 minutes to serve each...
<human>: Ronald can grill 15 hamburgers per session on his new grill. He needs to cook 115 hamburgers in total for tonight's party. He has already cooked 40 hamburgers. How many more sessions will it take Ronald to finish cooking all 115 hamburgers? <bot>: He has to cook 115 hamburgers and has already cooked 40 so h...
<human>: TJ ran a 10K race last Saturday. He ran the first half in 20 minutes. He completed the second half in 30 minutes. What was his average time per kilometer? <bot>: He ran the 10 kilometers in a total of 20 + 30 = 50 minutes. Therefore, he ran at a pace of 50 minutes / 10 kilometers = 5 minutes per kilometer. ###...
<human>: Alison bought some storage tubs for her garage. She bought 3 large ones and 6 small ones, for $48 total. If the large tubs cost $6, how much do the small ones cost? <bot>: Let t be the price of the small tubs 3 * 6 + 6 * t = 48 18 + 6 * t = 48 6 * t = 48 - 18 = 30 6t = 30 t = 5 dollars for each small tub. ####...
<human>: There are 40 more buyers in the grocery store today than yesterday. There were half the number of buyers yesterday as there were the day before, and the day before had 50 buyers. Nobody visited the store on more than one day. What's the total number of buyers who've visited the store in the three days? <bot>: ...
<human>: A store owner buys clothes wholesale and adds 80% to the wholesale price to set the retail price. The retail price of a pair of pants is $36. What is the wholesale price? <bot>: Let X be the wholesale price. The retail price of a pair of pants is X + X * 80% = $36. Thus 1.8 * X = $36. Thus X = $36 / 1.8 = $20....
<human>: Suraya picked 12 apples more than Caleb, and Caleb picked 5 apples less than Kayla. If Kayla picked 20 apples, how many more apples did Suraya pick than Kayla? <bot>: Caleb picked 20 - 5 = 15 apples. Suraya picked 12 + 15 = 27 apples. Suraya picked 27 - 20 = 7 apples more than Kayla. #### 7 The answer is: 7
<human>: James buys 3 CDs. Two of them are 1.5 hours each. The last one is twice that long. What is the combined length of the CDs? <bot>: The long CD is 1.5 * 2 = 3 hours The two shorter CDs have a combined length of 1.5 * 2 = 3 hours So in total the CDs had a length of 3 + 3 = 6 hours. #### 6 The answer is: 6
<human>: Uki owns a bakery. She sells cupcakes at $1.50 each, cookies at $2 per packet, and biscuits at $1 per packet. In a day, she can bake an average of twenty cupcakes, ten packets of cookies, and twenty packets of biscuits. How much will be her total earnings for five days? <bot>: Uki earns 20 * $1.50 = $30 in se...
<human>: John decides to learn how to play the piano. He buys a piano for $500. He then hires a teacher for 20 lessons at $40 per lesson but ends up getting a 25% discount. How much did everything cost? <bot>: The normal price of the lessons would be 20 * 40 = $800 The discount saves him 800 * 0.25 = $200 So the les...
<human>: Patrick is half the age of his elder brother Robert. If Robert will turn 30 after 2 years, how old is Patrick now? <bot>: The age of Robert now is 30 - 2 = 28 years old. So, Patrick is 28 / 2 = 14 years old. #### 14 The answer is: 14
<human>: On Monday, Matt worked for 450 minutes in his office. On Tuesday, he worked half the number of minutes he worked on Monday. On Wednesday, he worked for 300 minutes. How many more minutes did he work on Wednesday than on Tuesday. <bot>: On Tuesday Matt worked 450 minutes / 2 = 225 minutes. On Wednesday Matt ...
<human>: It takes David 10 minutes to wash 4 windows. David's house has 64 windows. How many minutes will it take David to wash all of the windows? <bot>: It takes 10 minutes to wash 4 windows and he has 64 windows so that breaks down to 64/4 = 16 units It takes 10 minutes to wash a unit of windows and he has 16 unit...
<human>: Anna baked 60 cupcakes. She gives away 4/5 of the cupcakes to her classmates. Of the remaining 1/5 of cupcakes, she eats 3 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have left? <bot>: After giving away 4/5 of the cupcakes, Anna has 60 / 5 = 12 cupcakes After eating 3 cupcakes, Anna has 12 - 3 = 9 cupcakes. #### 9 Th...
<human>: Nico borrows 3 books from the library on Monday. On Monday, he reads the first book with a total of 20 pages. On Tuesday, he reads the second book with a total of 12 pages. On Wednesday, he reads the third book. If he has read a total of 51 pages from Monday to Wednesday, how many pages did he read on Wedn...
<human>: When the strawberries at Fruity Farm are ready for harvest, Miguel charges each interested picker $4 to access the strawberry fields. Once there, people pick as many strawberries as they wish, and then take them to Miguel for weighing and pricing. This year, the standard price of a pound of strawberries is $20...
<human>: Daniela goes shopping during a sale. She finds out that the store has 40 percent off on shoes and 20 percent off dresses. If Daniela buys 2 pairs of shoes originally priced at $50 a pair and a dress originally priced at $100, how much money does she spend? <bot>: Two pairs of shoes at $50 a pair costs $50 * 2 ...
<human>: Nellie can eat 12 sourball candies before crying. Jacob can only manage half of that number of candies, and Lana can only do three fewer than Jacob. They had a bucket of 30 candies, and all of them ate until they cried. If they divide the remaining candies in the bucket equally, how many sourball candies will ...
<human>: John sublets his apartment to 3 people who each pay $400 per month. He rents the apartment for $900 a month. How much profit does he make in a year? <bot>: He gets 3 * $400 = $1200 per month So he gets 1200 * 12 = $14,400 per year So he pays 12 * 900 = $10800 a year That means his profit is 14400 - 10800 = $...
<human>: In a northwestern town, it rained 4 inches per day during the first 15 days of November. For the remainder of the month, the average daily rainfall was twice the amount observed during the first 15 days. What is the total amount of rainfall for this town in November, in inches? <bot>: Since November has 30 d...
<human>: Oscar wants to train for a marathon. He plans to add 2/3 of a mile each week until he reaches a 20-mile run. How many weeks before the marathon should he start training if he has already run 2 miles? <bot>: Oscar needs to increase his maximum running time from 20 - 2 = 18 miles. Oscar will need a total of 18 /...
<human>: Tony decided he wanted to be an astronaut. He went to college for 4 years to get a degree in science. He then went on to get 2 more degrees in other fields for the same period of time. He also got a graduate degree in physics, which took another 2 years. How many years in total did Tony go to school to be ...
<human>: Naomi is doing the wash. First she makes piles of different types, with one pile for towels, one for sheets, and one for clothes that need to be washed on the gentle cycle. The clothes take 30 minutes to wash. The towels take twice as long as the clothes to wash. The sheets take 15 minutes less time to wash th...
<human>: Josh built his little brother a rectangular sandbox. The perimeter of the sandbox is 30 feet and the length is twice the width. What is the width of the sandbox? <bot>: There are four sides to a rectangle, the width is W and so the length is 2W, and we can put that in this equation: W + W + 2W + 2W = 30 feet....
<human>: Chad sandwiches 2 crackers with a scoop of peanut butter. He has 5 of these crackers a night before bed. A box of crackers has 4 sleeves with each sleeve holding 28 crackers. How many nights will 5 boxes of crackers last him? <bot>: Chad uses 2 crackers for each "sandwich" and has 5 sandwiches a night so he...
<human>: Utopia National Park hosted 30,000 elephants on Friday night. The next morning, there was a 4-hour elephant exodus out of the park, at a constant rate of 2,880 elephants/hour. Over the next 7-hour period, new elephants entered the park at a constant rate. If the final number of elephants in the park was 28,980...
<human>: Holly needs to take 2 insulin pills per day, 3 blood pressure pills per day, and twice as many anticonvulsants as blood pressure pills each day. How many pills does Holly take in a week? <bot>: First find the number of anticonvulsant pills Holly takes: 3 pills * 2 = 6 pills Then find the total number of pills ...
<human>: Ten friends decide to get an end-of-year gift for their teacher. They plan to split the cost of the gift equally. But four of the group drop out. The remaining friends split the cost equally among themselves. If each share is now $8 more, how much does the gift cost, in dollars? <bot>: Let N be the original pr...
<human>: The girl scouts earned $30 total from selling delicious cookies. They want to go to the pool. It will cost them $2.50 per person to go and 10 people are going. What is the amount left? <bot>: The girls paid $2.50/person * 10 people = $25. The girls have $30 - $25 = $5 left. #### 5 The answer is: 5
<human>: Sam works at the Widget Factory, assembling Widgets. He can assemble 1 widget every 10 minutes. Jack from the loading dock can help assemble widgets when he doesn't have anything else to do. When he helps, they put together 2 complete widgets every 15 minutes. Recently the factory hired Tony to help assemble w...