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<human>: A pole is 20 meters long. It got cut in a way that left it 30% shorter. How long is the pole? <bot>: The cut - away part of the pole is 30/100 * 20 = 6 meters long. So the pole is left at the length of 20 - 6 = 14 meters. #### 14 The answer is: 14
<human>: Jamie is in a walking group with 4 other ladies. The ladies all walk 3 miles together. On top of that, Jamie walks an additional 2 miles per day for 6 days while her friend Sue walks half that amount in 6 days. If they walk this same route 6 days a week, how many miles do the ladies walk in total? <bot>: Th...
<human>: Brenda volunteered to make 3 trays of banana pudding for the family reunion. Each tray of banana pudding would need 80 wafer cookies. A box of wafer cookies only had 60 cookies per box. Each box costs $3.50. How much will it cost her to buy just enough boxes for 3 trays of banana pudding? <bot>: Every tray...
<human>: In mid-May, the depth of a river in Moreland is measured. By mid-June, the river is 10 feet deeper than mid-May. By mid-July, the river is three times deeper than mid-June. If the river is 45 feet deep in mid-July, how many feet deep was the river in mid-May? <bot>: In mid - June, the river is 45/3 = 15 feet d...
<human>: Bill is trying to decide whether to make blueberry muffins or raspberry muffins. Blueberries cost $5.00 per 6 ounce carton and raspberries cost $3.00 per 8 ounce carton. If Bill is going to make 4 batches of muffins, and each batch takes 12 ounces of fruit, how much money would he save by using raspberries ins...
<human>: Aitana and Jayda went to Silverlake Flea market to buy some handmade crafts. Aitana spent 2/5 times more money than Jayda at the market. If Jayda spent $400, calculate the total amount of money they spent together. <bot>: If Jayda spent $400 at the market, Aitana spent 2/5 * 400 = $160 more on handmade crafts....
<human>: Gretchen's local ice cream shop offers 100 different flavors. She was able to try a 1/4 of the flavors 2 years ago and double that amount last year. How many more flavors will she need to try this year to have tried all 100 flavors? <bot>: The shop offers 100 flavors and she tried 1/4 of the flavors so she h...
<human>: Emily went to the store and bought art supplies for $20 and 2 skirts that cost the same amount of money. She spent a total of $50. How much did Emily pay for each of the skirts? <bot>: First, you need to set up the problem with the information given. The cost of the skirts and art supplies must equal $50. Sinc...
<human>: A snake's head is one-tenth its length. If a snake is 10 feet long, calculate the length of the rest of its body minus the head. <bot>: A snake's head is one - tenth its length, which is 1/10 * 10 = 1 foot. Since the snake's head is 1 foot, the rest of its body is 10 - 1 = 9 feet long. #### 9 The answer is: 9
<human>: The country of Belize had a 5 lane bridge that had 2000 vehicles passing through it every month. They decided to build a new bridge that had twice the capacity of the old one, and the number of vehicles passing through the new one increased by 60% more than the old bridge. If the bridges work concurrently for ...
<human>: Jon's laundry machine can do 5 pounds of laundry at a time. 4 shirts weigh 1 pound and 2 pairs of pants weigh 1 pound. If he needs to wash 20 shirts and 20 pants, how many loads of laundry does he have to do? <bot>: The shirts weigh 20/4 = 5 pounds The pants weigh 20/2 = 10 pounds So he needs to do 10 + 5 = ...
<human>: Thomas is training at the gym to prepare for a competition. He trained for 5 hours every day for a month (30 days). If he continues to train for the next 12 days, how many hours will he spend on training in total? <bot>: In total Thomas would train on 30 + 12 = 42 days. Thomas trained 5 hours every day, which ...
<human>: Amber is baking cakes for her party. She has invited 8 friends and each one will want two slices of cake. Each cake makes 6 slices. If she bakes 4 cakes, how many slices will be left over at the end if she eats three herself? <bot>: Her friends will eat 16 slices of cake because 8 * 2 = 16 There will be 19 sli...
<human>: John is lifting weights. He bench presses 15 pounds for 10 reps and does 3 sets. How much total weight does he move? <bot>: He presses 15 pounds * 10 reps = 150 pounds He moves 3 sets * 150 pounds = 450 pounds in total. #### 450 The answer is: 450
<human>: Travis is hired to take 638 bowls from the factory to the home goods store. The home goods store will pay the moving company a $100 fee, plus $3 for every bowl that is delivered safely. Travis must pay the home goods store $4 each for any bowls that are lost or broken. If 12 bowls are lost, 15 bowls are broken...
<human>: Sam has 19 dimes and 6 quarters. She buys 4 candy bars for 3 dimes each and 1 lollipop for 1 quarter. How much money, in cents, does she have left? <bot>: The candy bars cost 4 * 3 = 12 dimes. Sam has 19 - 12 = 7 dimes left. Sam has 6 - 1 = 5 quarters left. Sam has 7 * 10 + 5 * 25 = 195 cents left. #### 195 Th...
<human>: Gary is buying chlorine for his rectangular pool, which is 10 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. Gary needs to buy one quart of chlorine for every 120 cubic feet of water in his pool. If chlorine costs $3 a quart, how much does Gary spend on chlorine? <bot>: First find the volume of the pool by multiplyi...
<human>: Mandy is 3 years old. Her brother is 4 times as old as she is. Her sister is 5 years younger than her brother. What is the age difference between Mandy and her sister? <bot>: Mandy's brother's age is 3 years * 4 = 12 years old. Her sister's age is 12 years - 5 years = 7 years old. The age difference between M...
<human>: Kara has to drink 4 ounces of water every time she takes her medication. Her medication instructions are to take one tablet three times a day. She followed the instructions for one week, but in the second week, she forgot twice on one day. How many ounces of water did she drink with her medication over those t...
<human>: Janelle had 26 green marbles. Then she bought 6 bags of blue marbles. There were 10 marbles in each bag. She created a gift of 6 green marbles and 8 blue marbles and gave it to a friend. How many marbles does Janelle have now? <bot>: Janelle has 6 bags * 10 blue marbles = 60 marbles. Janelle has a total of 26...
<human>: Erica lives near a lake where most locals sell fish as their main source of income, earning $20 per kg of fish. She goes out fishing today and catches twice as many fish as she caught in total in the past four months. If Erica trawled 80 kg of fish in the past four months, not including today, how much money w...
<human>: Jessica wrote a long letter to her aunt and needed to put stamps on it to mail it. She used eight pieces of paper that weigh 1/5 of an ounce each, and her envelope weighs 2/5 of an ounce. She needed one stamp per ounce. How many stamps did Jessica need to mail her letter? <bot>: Jessica’s papers weigh 8 * 1/5 ...
<human>: Tommy's home is worth 25% more than he bought it for. He sells it and buys a new house that costs $500,000. If he had to take a loan for the 75% he can't pay, how much did he buy his first house for? <bot>: He paid 25% of the new home price because 100 - 75 = 25 He paid $125,000 towards the new home because 50...
<human>: Lola and Dora combined their allowance of $9 each to buy a deck of playing cards for $10, they also bought $2 boxes of stickers and split the boxes evenly. How many packs of stickers did Dora get? <bot>: Lola and Dora together have $9/person * 2 people = $18 After buying the deck of cards they had $18 - $10 = ...
<human>: The weights of Christine's two cats are 7 and 10 pounds. What is her dog's weight if its weight is twice the sum of her two cats' weights? <bot>: The sum of the weights of Christine's two cats is 7 + 10 = 17 pounds. Christine's dog weighs 17 * 2 = 34 pounds. #### 34 The answer is: 34
<human>: A store transports fresh vegetables in crates and cartons using its delivery truck. One crate of vegetables weighs 4 kilograms and one carton 3 kilograms. How much will a load of 12 crates, and 16 cartons of vegetables weigh? <bot>: The weight of 12 crates of vegetables is 12 * 4 = 48 kilograms. The weight of ...
<human>: Carla has 6 sunflowers and 8 dandelions. The sunflowers have 9 seeds per plant and the dandelions have 12 seeds per plant. What percentage of Carla's seeds come from the dandelions? <bot>: First calculate the number of seeds from the sunflowers by multiplying the number of sunflowers by the number of seeds per...
<human>: Mary has a mystery book library. She started with 72 mystery books at the beginning of the year. She joined a book club that sent her 1 book each month of the year. She went to a bookstore halfway through the year and bought 5 more books, then bought 2 books at yard sales later. Her daughter gave her another b...
<human>: There are 20 sandcastles on Mark's beach, each with 10 towers. On Jeff's beach, there are three times as many castles as on Mark's beach, each with 5 towers. What is the combined total number of sandcastles and towers on Mark's and Jeff's beaches? <bot>: The total number of towers at Mark's beach is 20 * 10 = ...
<human>: Mr. Roper cuts his lawn 15 days a month beginning in April and ending in September. From October to the end of March he cuts his lawn three times a month. What is the average number of times that Mr. Roper cuts his yard per month? <bot>: For 6 months of the year he cuts his yard 15 days per month so he cuts ...
<human>: Together 3 friends watched 411 short videos. Kelsey watched 43 more than Ekon. Ekon watched 17 less than Uma. How many videos did Kelsey watch? <bot>: Let U = the number of videos Uma watched Ekon = U - 17 Kelsey = (U - 17) + 43 = U + 26 U + U - 17 + U + 26 = 411 3U + 9 = 411 3U = 402 U = 134 Kelsey = 134 + 26...
<human>: Tall Tuna has twice as many fish as Jerk Tuna. If Jerk Tuna has one hundred forty-four fish, how many fish do they have together? <bot>: If Jerk Tuna has one hundred forty - four fish, then Tall Tuna has 2 * 144 = 288 fish Together, they have 288 + 144 = 432 fish. #### 432 The answer is: 432
<human>: Tedra is harvesting his tomatoes. He harvests 400 kg on Wednesday, and half as much on Thursday. He harvests a total of 2000 kg on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. How many tomatoes of the number he harvested on Friday are remaining if he gives away 700kg of them to his friends? <bot>: Tedra harvests 1/2 * 400...
<human>: The tornado picked up the Smith's car and transported it 200 feet in the air before dropping it into the neighbors' pool. Also in the pool was a lawn chair that had been blown twice as far as the car had been transported. And the pool also contained a birdhouse that had flown through the air three times fart...
<human>: In the school election, Eliot got twice as many votes as Shaun, and Shaun got 5 times as many votes as Randy. If Randy got 16 votes, how many did Eliot get? <bot>: Shaun got 5 * 16 = 80 votes Eliot got 80 * 2 = 160 votes. #### 160 The answer is: 160
<human>: Linda makes $10.00 an hour babysitting. There is a $25.00 application fee for each college application she submits. If she is applying to 6 colleges, how many hours will she need to babysit to cover the application fees? <bot>: The application fee is $25.00 per college and she is applying to 6 colleges so th...
<human>: A yearly book sale is held in school where students can sell their old books at a cheaper price. Two-fifths of Lovely's books can be sold for $2.50 each and the rest for $2 each. How much will Lovely earn if all 10 books were sold? <bot>: Lovely will sell 10 * 2/5 = 4 books for $2.50 each. She will sell 10 - 4...
<human>: After a visit to the newly opened aquarium, 40 percent of the aquarium visitors fell ill from a mysterious disease. If there were 500 visitors, how many of them did not fall ill? <bot>: If there were 500 visitors, and 40% of them fell ill, the number of visitors who fell ill is 40/100 * 500 = 200 people The nu...
<human>: During the most recent voyage of the Starship Conundrum, the spacecraft traveled from Planet X to Planet Y in eight hours less than twice the number of hours in a typical earth day. If the distance between these two planets is 4,000 parsecs, what was the average speed, in parsecs per hour, of the Starship Con...
<human>: The owner of a company needs to install a transformer to power his electrical equipment. He operates three units of machinery that require a running current of 40A each. These appliances require at least twice their running current for starting, and the transformer chosen must account for this. What is the min...
<human>: Tim is 5 years old. His cousin, Rommel, is thrice as old as he is. His other cousin, Jenny, is 2 years older than Rommel. How many years younger is Tim than Jenny? <bot>: Rommel is 5 x 3 = 15 years old. Jenny is 15 + 2 = 17 years old. So, Tim is 17 - 5 = 12 years younger than Jenny. #### 12 The answer is: 12
<human>: On a three-day trip, Wendy drove 125 miles on the first day, and 223 miles on the second day. How many miles did she drive on the third day, if the total miles that Wendy drove for the trip is 493 miles? <bot>: Wendy drove 125 miles + 223 miles = 348 miles on the first two days. So on the third day, she drove ...
<human>: Andy needs to drive from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. The drive from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas is 420 miles. The drive from Las Vegas to Los Angeles is 273 miles. He wants to make the drive in 11 hours. What's the average minimum speed that Andy needs to drive to reach Los Angeles in 11 hours? <bot>: The t...
<human>: Mark started the day with 14 buttons. His friend Shane gave him 3 times that amount of buttons. Then his other friend Sam asked if he could have half of Mark’s buttons. How many buttons did Mark end up with? <bot>: Shane gave Mark 14 * 3 = 42 buttons After that Mark had 42 + 14 = 56 buttons Then Mark gave 56/2...
<human>: Tom decides to make lasagna with all his beef. It takes twice as many noodles as beef. He has 10 pounds of beef. He already has 4 pounds of lasagna noodles and the noodles come in 2-pound packages. How many packages does he need to buy? <bot>: He needs 10 * 2 = 20 pounds of noodles That means he needs to b...
<human>: For the funfair, the school organizers ordered 30 rolls of tickets. Each roll of tickets has 100 tickets. The 4th graders bought 30% of the tickets while the 5th graders bought 50% of the remaining tickets. Then the 6th graders bought a total of 100 tickets. How many tickets were left unsold? <bot>: There were...
<human>: Kekai is running a sundae booth at the carnival. On Monday, he makes a total of 40 sundaes, and he puts 6 m&ms on each sundae. On Tuesday, he makes a total of 20 sundaes, and he puts 10 m&ms on each sundae. If each m&m pack contains 40 m&ms, how many m&m packs does Kekai use? <bot>: On Monday, Kekai uses 40 * ...
<human>: A play was held in an auditorium and its ticket costs $10. An auditorium has 20 rows and each row has 10 seats. If only 3/4 of the seats were sold, how much was earned from the play? <bot>: There are 20 * 10 = 200 seats in the auditorium. Only 200 * 3/4 = 150 seats were sold. Hence, the earnings from the play ...
<human>: 50% of substitute teachers walk out after 1 hour of teaching. 30% of the remainder quit before lunch. If 60 substitute teachers show up at 7 AM, how many will be left after lunch? <bot>: First find the number of substitute teachers left after half quit: 60 teachers / 2 = 30 teachers Then find how many teachers...
<human>: Andy and Dawn spent the weekend cleaning the house. When putting away the laundry Andy took six minutes more than two times the number of minutes it took Dawn to wash the dishes. If it took Dawn 20 minutes to wash the dishes how many minutes did it take Andy to put away the laundry? <bot>: Two times the minute...
<human>: Janet bought some muffins at the bakery. Each muffin is 75 cents. Janet paid $20 and got $11 in change back. How many muffins did Janet buy? <bot>: Janet paid with $20 and got back $11, so her muffins cost $20 - $11 = $9. Each muffin cost 75 cents, so she bought 9/.75 = 12 muffins. #### 12 The answer is: 12
<human>: It cost 50 dollars to get cats ready for adoption, 100 dollars to get adult dogs ready for adoption, and 150 to get puppies ready for adoption. If 2 cats, 3 adult dogs, and 2 puppies are adopted what was the cost to get them ready? <bot>: The cost to get the cats ready is 2 * 50 = $100 The cost to get adult d...
<human>: Hannah brought $30 to the county fair. She spent half of it on rides and another $5 on dessert. How much, in dollars, is left? <bot>: She spent $30/2 = $15 on rides. She spent a total of $15 + $5 = $20 including dessert. She has $30 - $20 = $10 left. #### 10 The answer is: 10
<human>: Carl wants to buy a new coat that is quite expensive. He saved $25 each week for 6 weeks. On the seventh week, he had to use a third of his saving to pay some bills. On the eighth week, his dad gave him some extra money for him to buy his dream coat. If the coat cost $170, how much money did his dad give him?...
<human>: John has 10 members of his family on his father's side. His mother's side is 30% larger. How many people are there in total? <bot>: His mother's side is 10 * 0.3 = 3 people larger than his father's side So his mother's side has 10 + 3 = 13 people So the total number of people is 13 + 10 = 23. #### 23 The ans...
<human>: Anthony keeps a bottle of vinegar in his cupboard for 2 years. Each year 20% of the vinegar evaporates. What percent of the vinegar is left after 2 years? <bot>: First find what percent of the vinegar is still in the bottle after each year: 100% - 20% = 80% Then multiply the amount of vinegar left after one ye...
<human>: My cat's empty bowl weighs 420 grams. If I give my cat 60 grams per day and I always fill her bowl every 3 days, how much does her bowl weigh if after I ended up refilling her empty bowl she only ate 14 grams? <bot>: If I give my cat 60 grams per day and I fill it to last 3 days, then I put a total of 60 * 3 =...
<human>: Benjie is five years older than Margo. If Benjie is 6 years old, how old will Margo be in three years? <bot>: Margo is 6 - 5 = 1 year old now. So, Margo will be 1 + 3 = 4 years old in three years. #### 4 The answer is: 4
<human>: Barkley gets 10 new dog bones at the beginning of the month. After 5 months, he has 8 bones available and has buried the rest. How many bones has he buried? <bot>: He gets 10 new bones, every month for 5 months so he has 10 * 5 = 50 dog bones He has 8 bones available which means he has buried 50 - 8 = 42 bon...
<human>: Terry's mom brought home 4 different colored dogs from the shelter. The brown dog weighs 4 pounds. The black dog weighs 1 pound more than the brown dog. The white dog weighs twice as much as the brown dog. The grey dog weighs 2 pounds less than the black dog. What's the average weight of all the dogs? <bot>: S...
<human>: If it takes 10 people 10 days to shovel 10,000 pounds of coal, how many days will it take half of these ten people to shovel 40,000 pounds of coal? <bot>: The 10 people shovel 10,000 pounds per 10 days, or 10,000/10 = 1000 pounds per day per 10 people. And 1000 pounds per day per 10 people is 1000/10 = 100 pou...
<human>: Mikaela earns $10 an hour tutoring. For the first month, she tutored for 35 hours and in the second month, she tutored 5 hours more than the first month. She spent 4/5 of her total earnings on her personal needs and saved the rest of the money. How much did she save? <bot>: Mikaela spent 35 + 5 = 40 hours in ...
<human>: One serving of soup has 1 cup of vegetables and 2.5 cups of broth. How many pints of vegetables and broth combined would be needed for 8 servings? <bot>: One serving = 1 + 2.5 = 3.5 cups Eight servings = 8 * 3.5 = 28 cups 28 cups = 14 pints Eight servings would need 14 pints of vegetables and broth. #### 14 Th...
<human>: Five coworkers were talking during the lunch break. Roger, the oldest one, said that he has the same amount of experience in years as all four of the others combined and that his retirement should come when he accumulates 50 years of experience. Peter said that when he came to the company his daughter was 7 ye...
<human>: Buying a toaster requires an insurance plan that is 20% of the MSRP, plus a mandatory state tax rate of 50% after the insurance plan calculation. Jon chooses to buy a toaster that costs $30 at MSRP. What is the total he must pay? <bot>: The insurance plan costs $30 * 0.2 = $6. The pre - state ta * total is $30...
<human>: Tom originally was only able to lift 80 kg farmer handles per hand. After some training, he was able to double this number. He then decided to specialize and was able to get an extra 10%. How much weight can he hold in total? <bot>: After doubling he was able to hold 80 * 2 = 160 kg per hand Specialization...
<human>: After eating half of the number of fruits he had, Martin remained with twice as many oranges as limes. If he has 50 oranges now, how many fruits did he initially have? <bot>: Since the number of oranges that Martin has now is twice the number of limes, there are 50/2 = 25 limes. The number of fruits she has no...
<human>: Stefan, Vail, and Aiguo collected seashells. Stefan had 16 more seashells than Vail. Vail had 5 less than Aiguo. Aiguo had 20 seashells. How many seashells did the 3 children have in total? <bot>: Aiguo = 20 shells Vail = 20 - 5 = 15 shells Stefan = 15 + 16 = 31 shells Total = 20 + 15 + 31 = 66 The 3 children ...
<human>: A store is selling mobile phones. This store contains 20 units of phones but the owner found out that there were 5 defective units. After he got rid of the defective units, he started to sell the rest of his units to customer A who bought 3 units, customer B who bought a certain amount of units, and customer C...
<human>: Marianne was 20 years old when Bella was 8 years old. How old will Marianne be when Bella turns 18? <bot>: Marianne is 20 - 8 = 12 years older than Bella. Bella will turn 18 in 18 - 8 = 10 years. So, Marianne will be 20 + 10 = 30 years old then. #### 30 The answer is: 30
<human>: Brianna started out with a bag of 24 marbles. She lost four marbles through a hole in the bag. Then, she gave away twice as many marbles as she had lost through the hole in the bag. Finally, her dog ate half as many marbles as Brianna had lost through the hole in the bag. How many marbles did Brianna have ...
<human>: Claire is scheduling her day. She has four hours to clean and two hours to cook, then divides the rest of her working day equally between crafting and tailoring. She then sleeps eight hours. If all of this takes place within one day, how many hours did Claire spend crafting? <bot>: We know Claire has spent a t...
<human>: Martha has 18 crayons. She lost half of them, so she bought a new set of 20 crayons. How many crayons in total does Martha have after the purchase? <bot>: In the beginning, Martha lost 18 / 2 = 9 crayons. So after she bought a set of new crayons, she has in total 9 + 20 = 29 crayons. #### 29 The answer is: 29
<human>: Bailey bought 8 dog treats and an additional 2 chew toys. She also got 10 more rawhide bones. Sadly, she forgot her money and had to split the charges equally across 4 credit cards. How many items were included in each charge? <bot>: Bailey got 8 + 2 = 10 dog supplies. After adding the rawhide bones, she had 1...
<human>: Carter has a jar with 20 green M&Ms and 20 red M&Ms. He eats 12 of the green M&Ms, then his sister comes and eats half the red M&Ms and adds 14 yellow M&Ms. If Carter picks an M&M at random now, what is the percentage chance he'll get a green M&M? <bot>: First find the final number of green M&Ms by subtracting...
<human>: James is running a fundraiser selling candy bars. Each box has 10 candy bars in it. He sells 5 boxes. He sells each candy bar for $1.50 and buys each bar for $1. How much profit does he make from these sales? <bot>: He makes 1.5 - 1 = $.5 from each candy bar He sells 5 * 10 = 50 candy bars So he makes 50 * ...
<human>: Emily is 20 years old and her older sister, Rachel, is 24 years old. How old is Rachel when Emily is half her age? <bot>: The difference in age between the two sisters is 24 - 20 = 4 years. When Rachel is twice Emily’s age, she is 4 * 2 = 8 years old. #### 8 The answer is: 8
<human>: Tracy has a charity book collection store from which she receives book donations from members of her town. Any person who wants to borrow a book is free to do so as long as they return the book after they've finished reading. She has already received 300 book donations. If ten people come and donate five books...
<human>: Barbi lost 1.5 kilograms each month for a year. Luca lost 9 kilograms every year for 11 years. How many more kilograms did Luca lose than Barbi? <bot>: Barbi = 1.5 * 12 months = 18 kg Luca = 9 * 11 = 99 kg 99 - 18 = 81 kg Luca lost 81 kg more than Barbi. #### 81 The answer is: 81
<human>: For the summer, the clothing store has a 50% discount for all items. On Wednesdays, there is an additional $10.00 off on all jeans after the summer discount is applied. Before the sales tax applies, the cost of a pair of jeans is $14.50. How much was the original cost for the jeans before all the discounts? <...
<human>: Tony has two fish. Every year, his parents buy him two more, but one of them dies. How many fish will he have in five years? <bot>: Each year Tony has one more fish than before because 2 - 1 = 1 In five years, he will have 5 more fish because 5 * 1 = 5 In five years he will have 7 fish because 2 + 5 = 7. #### ...
<human>: A pea patch is twice as big as a radish patch. If one sixth of the pea patch is 5 square feet. How much is a whole radish patch in square feet? <bot>: A whole pea patch is 5 * 6 = 30 square feet. A radish patch is 30/2 = 15 square feet. #### 15 The answer is: 15
<human>: Mimi picked up 2 dozen seashells on the beach. Kyle found twice as many shells as Mimi and put them in his pocket. Leigh grabbed one-third of the shells that Kyle found. How many seashells did Leigh have? <bot>: Mimi has 2 x 12 = 24 sea shells. Kyle has 24 * 2 = 48 sea shells. Leigh has 48 / 3 = 16 sea shell...
<human>: Alvin is selling his marble set. He has 100 marbles. 20% are white, 30% are black, and the rest are different colors. He sells the white ones for a nickel each, the black ones for a dime each, and the colors for $0.20 each. How much does he earn? <bot>: He has 20 white marbles because 100 * 0.2 = 20 He has 30 ...
<human>: Susan is picking strawberries. She's trying to fill her basket, but out of every handful of 5 strawberries she can't help but eat one of them herself. If her basket holds 60 strawberries, how many berries will she actually pick before she fills it? <bot>: Out of every 5 berries, she eats 1, so only 5 strawberr...
<human>: Caden has four jars of coins. One jar of pennies, one jar of nickels, one jar of dimes and one jar of quarters. He has twice as many quarters as he does dimes. He has five times as many nickels as he does dimes. He has three times as many pennies as he does nickels. If he has 120 pennies, how much money does h...
<human>: A retail store wants to hire 50 new phone reps to assist with the increased call volume that they will experience over the holiday. Each phone rep will work 8 hours a day and will be paid $14.00 an hour. After 5 days, how much will the company pay all 50 new employees? <bot>: There are 50 reps and they will ...
<human>: While planning to finish reading a 140-page book in one week, Jessy initially decides to read 3 times daily, 6 pages each time, every day of the week. How many more pages should she read per day to actually achieve her goal? <bot>: To achieve her goal, she must read 140/7 = 20 pages per day She planned to read...
<human>: Keanu's motorcycle can store 8 liters of gasoline. If his destination is 280 miles away and his motorcycle consumes 8 liters of gasoline per 40 miles, how many times does Keanu have to refill his motorcycle with gasoline if he will make a round trip? <bot>: The total number of miles for a round trip is 280 * 2...
<human>: Tracy has been collecting novels from her friends to donate to the Children For The Future charity organization. In the first week she collects a certain number of books. In the next five weeks, she collects ten times as many books as she did in the first week. How many books did she collect in the first week ...
<human>: OpenAI runs a robotics competition that limits the weight of each robot. Each robot can be no more than twice the minimum weight and no less than 5 pounds heavier than the standard robot. The standard robot weighs 100 pounds. What is the maximum weight of a robot in the competition? <bot>: the minimum is 5 mor...
<human>: Marcy had 22 sodas in her fridge for a party. Her friend Tina came over and gave her 12 plus two times the number of sodas Marcy had before. How many sodas will Marcy have for the party? <bot>: Two times the sodas Marcy had is 22 * 2 = 44 Tina gave Marcy 44 + 12 = 56 soda In total Marcy has 22 + 56 = 78 sodas....
<human>: A hardware store sold 10 graphics cards, 14 hard drives, 8 CPUs, and 4 pairs of RAM in one week. The graphics cards cost $600 each, hard drives cost $80 each, CPUs cost $200 each, and RAM cost $60 for each pair. How much money did the store earn this week? <bot>: It earned 10 * 600 = 6000 dollars by selling gr...
<human>: Madeline wants to plant 20 flowers in her garden. She assumes that about half of the seeds she plants will die before they bloom. However, the flower shop only sells packs of seeds with 25 seeds per pack. Each pack is $5. How much will Madeline spend on seeds to plant 20 flowers? <bot>: Madeline needs to buy 2...
<human>: Gina can paint six cups an hour with roses and 7 cups an hour with lilies. Her Etsy store gets an order for 6 rose cups and 14 lily cups. If Gina gets paid $90 total for the order, how much does she make per hour? <bot>: First find the total time to paint the rose cups: 6 cups / 6 cups/hour = 1 hour Then find ...
<human>: In a Zoo, there are different animals. There are 5 giraffes and twice as many penguins. Penguins make up 20% of all the animals in the Zoo. How many elephants are there in the Zoo if they make up 4% of all the animals? <bot>: There are twice as many penguins as giraffes, so there are 5 * 2 = 10 penguins. The p...
<human>: Two days ago, the temperature in the morning went up 1.5 degrees every 2 hours. If the temperature was 50 degrees at 3 A.M., what was the temperature at 11 A.M.? <bot>: At 5 A.M., the temperature was 50 degrees + 1.5 degrees = 51.5 degrees. At 7 A.M., the temperature was 51.5 degrees + 1.5 degrees = 53 degrees...
<human>: Theon's ship can move 15 nautical miles per hour while Yara's ship can move 30 nautical miles per hour. If their destination is 90 nautical miles away, how many hours ahead will Yara be ahead of Theon? <bot>: Theon's estimated time of arrival is 90/15 = 6 hours. Yara's estimated time of arrival is 90/30 = 3 ho...
<human>: The ages of three brothers are consecutive integers with the sum of 96. How old is the youngest brother? <bot>: Let x represent the youngest brother Middle brother:x + 1 Oldest brother:x + 2 Total:x + x + 1 + x + 2 = 96 3 * + 3 = 96 3 * = 93 * = 31 years old. #### 31 The answer is: 31
<human>: Natasha exercised for 30 minutes every day for one week. Esteban exercised for 10 minutes on each of nine days. How many hours did Natasha and Esteban exercise in total? <bot>: Natasha = 30 * 7 = 210 minutes Esteban = 10 * 9 = 90 minutes Total = 210 + 90 = 300 minutes 300 minutes = 5 hours Natasha and Esteban ...