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<human>: Rodney, Roger and Ron can lift a combined weight of 239 pounds. Rodney can lift twice as much as Roger, and Roger can lift 7 pounds less than 4 times the amount that Ron can lift. How much can Rodney lift? <bot>: Let x represent the amount that Ron can lift. Roger: 4x - 7 Rodney:2(4x - 7) = 8x - 14 Total:x +...
<human>: Jack says he has 13 more notebooks in his bag than Gerald. Jack gives 5 notebooks to Paula and 6 notebooks to Mike. If Gerald has 8 notebooks, how many notebooks does Jack have left? <bot>: Jack had 13 more than 8 notebooks for a total of 13 + 8 = 21 notebooks He gave 5 notebooks to Paula so he has 21 - 5 = 16...
<human>: A movie theater company is advertising a deal of a movie ticket, a bucket of popcorn, a drink, and a box of candy for $20. Normally, a movie ticket costs $8, a bucket of popcorn costs three dollars less, a drink costs a dollar more than popcorn, and a candy costs half as much as a drink. How many dollars does ...
<human>: Diane is twice as old as her brother, Will. If Will was 4 years old 3 years ago, what will the sum of their ages be in 5 years? <bot>: Since Will was 4 years old 3 years ago, then he is 4 + 3 = 7 years old now Dina is twice as old as he is so she is 2 * 7 = 14 years old now In 5 years, Will will be 7 + 5 = 12 ...
<human>: During a school meeting, 300 students and 30 teachers are seated but 25 students are standing. How many attended the school meeting? <bot>: There are 300 students + 30 teachers = 330 people that are seated. Since there 25 students that are standing, so 330 + 25 = 355 people who attended the school meeting. ###...
<human>: James hires a seamstress to fix all his shirts and pants. He has 10 shirts and 12 pairs of pants. It takes 1.5 hours to fix a shirt and twice as long for pants. The tailor charges $30 per hour. How much does it cost? <bot>: It takes 10 * 1.5 = 15 hours to fix his shirts It takes 1.5 * 2 = 3 hours per pair ...
<human>: Isabelle works in a hotel and runs a bubble bath for each customer who enters the hotel. There are 13 rooms for couples and 14 single rooms. For each bath that is run, Isabelle needs 10ml of bubble bath. If every room is filled to maximum capacity, how much bubble bath, in millilitres, does Isabelle need? <bot...
<human>: Peter and Andrew like to run in the morning. Peter runs 3 miles more than Andrew's 2 miles. After 5 days, how many miles have they both run? <bot>: Peter runs 3 miles more than Andrew's 2 miles, so he runs 3 + 2 = 5 miles Peter runs 5 miles a day and Andrew runs 2 miles so they run 5 + 2 = 7 miles a day If t...
<human>: The price of electricity went up by 25%. John's old computer used 800 watts and his new computer uses 50% more. If the old price of electricity was 12 cents per kilowatt-hour, how much does his computer cost, in dollars, to run for 50 hours? <bot>: His new computer uses 800 * 0.5 = 400 watts more than his ol...
<human>: Peter needs 80 ounces of soda for his party. He sees that 8 oz cans cost $.5 each. How much does he spend on soda if he buys the exact number of cans he needs? <bot>: He needs 10 cans because 80 / 8 = 10 He spends $5 because 10 x 0.5 = 10. #### 5 The answer is: 5
<human>: Suzie and 5 of her friends decide to rent an Airbnb at Lake Tahoe for 4 days from Thursday to Sunday. The rental rate for weekdays is $420 per day. The weekend rental rate is $540 per day. They all decide to split the rental evenly. How much does each person have to pay? <bot>: The cost of the rental for Thurs...
<human>: Lara is a contestant on a fun game show where she needs to navigate an inflated bouncy house obstacle course. First she needs to carry a backpack full of treasure through the obstacle course and set it down on the other side, which she does in 7 minutes and 23 seconds. Second, she needs to crank open the door ...
<human>: Charles is wondering how much chocolate milk he can make with all the supplies he finds in the fridge. He is going to keep drinking 8-ounce glasses until he uses up all the ingredients. Each glass must contain 6.5 ounces of milk and 1.5 ounces of chocolate syrup. If he has 130 ounces of milk and 60 ounces of c...
<human>: Mike is feeding the birds at the park. He counts out the seeds as he throws them. He throws 20 seeds to the birds on the left. He throws twice as much to the bigger group of birds on the right. Some more birds flutter over to join the others for lunch and Mike throws 30 more seeds for them. If Mike has 30 seed...
<human>: John reels in 3 crab baskets a week. Each basket holds 4 crabs. He collects crabs twice a week. Each crab sells for $3. How much money does he make? <bot>: He collects 3 * 4 = 12 crabs each time. He thus collects 12 * 2 = 24 crabs a week. So he makes 24 * 3 = $72 a week. #### 72 The answer is: 72
<human>: Jose owns a swimming pool. He charges $3 for kids and twice that amount for adults. If 8 kids and 10 adults swim in his swimming pool per day, how much money will he earn per week? <bot>: Jose can earn $3 * 8 = $24 per day for kids. He charges $3 * 2 = $6 per adult. So, he can earn $6 * 10 = $60 per day for ad...
<human>: September's temperature fluctuated severely in 1 week. They started off with 40 degrees on Sunday then hit 50 on Monday, 65 on Tuesday, 36 on Wednesday, 82 on Thursday, 72 on Friday and ended the week at 26 on Saturday. What was the average temperature for that week? <bot>: When you add up the temperature fo...
<human>: Melly's two cats each have litters of kittens at the same time. The first cat has 3 blue-eyed kittens and 7 brown-eyed kittens. The second cat has 4 blue-eyed kittens and 6 brown-eyed kittens. What percentage of all the kittens have blue eyes? <bot>: First find the total number of blue - eyed kittens: 3 kitten...
<human>: Stella collects stamps. She counted 50 pages in her collector's album. There are 5 rows of 30 stamps in each of the first 10 pages of her album. The rest of the pages each have 50 stamps. How many stamps are in Stella's album? <bot>: There are 30 x 5 = 150 stamps on each of the first 10 pages. So she has a tot...
<human>: Luis needed to buy some socks. He bought 4 pairs of red socks and 6 pairs of blue ones. In total, he spent $42. If the red socks cost $3 each, how much did he pay for each blue pair? <bot>: Let B be the cost of the blue socks 4 * 3 + 6 * Y = 42 12 + 6 * Y = 42 6 * Y = 30 Y = 5. #### 5 The answer is: 5
<human>: Jimmy has a collection of 5 action figures. Each figure is worth $15, except for one which is worth $20. He decided to sell his collection. To do it fast he decided to sell each of them for $5 less than their value. How much will Jimmy earn if he sells all the figures? <bot>: Four of the five figures are worth...
<human>: Sam has 3 German Shepherds and 4 French Bulldogs. Peter wants to buy 3 times as many German Shepherds as Sam has and 2 times as many French Bulldogs as Sam has. How many dogs does Peter want to have? <bot>: Peter wants to have 3 * 3 = 9 German Shepherd dogs. He wants to have 2 * 4 = 8 French Bulldogs. So, Pete...
<human>: James buys 2 puzzles that are 2000 pieces each. He anticipates for these larger puzzles he can do 100 pieces every 10 minutes. So how long would it take to finish both puzzles? <bot>: His speed means he can do 10/100 = 0.1 minute per piece So he can finish 1 puzzle in 2000 * 0.1 = 200 minutes So these two pu...
<human>: There are 14 chickens in the coop, and twice that many in the run. There is 4 less than double the number of chickens free ranging as in the run. How many chickens are free ranging? <bot>: Coop:14 chickens Run:14(2) = 28 chickens Free Range:28(2) - 4 = 52 chickens. #### 52 The answer is: 52
<human>: Larry spent $5 for lunch and gave his brother $2. How much did Larry have at the beginning if he has $15 now? <bot>: Larry spent a total of $5 + $2 = $7. He has $15 + $7 = $22 at the beginning. #### 22 The answer is: 22
<human>: The population of Mojave was 4000 a decade ago. If the town's population has increased three times, and the population analysis firm predicts that it will increase by 40% after five years, how many people will be in Mojave in five years? <bot>: Since the population of Mojave has increased three times the numbe...
<human>: Lorie has 2 pieces of $100 bills. He requested to change one piece of the $100 bills into $50 bills. Half of the remaining $100 bill is changed to $10 bills while the rest is changed to $5 bills. How many pieces of bills will she have? <bot>: There will be $100/$50 = 2 pieces of $50 when $100 is changed to $50...
<human>: In four years, Annika will be three times as old as Hans. If Hans is now 8 years old, how old is Annika now? <bot>: In four years, Hans will be 8 + 4 = 12 years old. Then Annika will be 12 * 3 = 36 years old. So Annika right now is 36 - 4 = 32 years old. #### 32 The answer is: 32
<human>: Jorge bought 24 tickets for $7 each. For purchasing so many, he is given a discount of 50%. How much, in dollars, did he spend on tickets? <bot>: Jorge spent 24 tickets * $7 per ticket = $168 total. After applying the discount, Jorge spent $168 * 0.50 = $84. #### 84 The answer is: 84
<human>: From Monday to Friday, Elle practices piano for 30 minutes. On Saturday, she practices piano three times as much as on a weekday. There is no practice on Sunday. How many hours does Elle spend practicing piano each week? <bot>: From Monday to Friday, Elle practices 0.50 * 5 = 2.5 hours. On Saturday, she pract...
<human>: Samantha sleeps an average of 8 hours a night. Her baby sister sleeps 2.5 times as much as Samantha does. Because her father is so tired from watching the baby, for every hour the baby sleeps, he sleeps 30 minutes. How many hours does her father sleep in a week? <bot>: The baby sleeps 20 hours a day because 2....
<human>: The school is hosting a race after school. The winner is the person who runs the most laps around the school in 12 minutes. One lap around the school is 100 meters. The winner is awarded a gift certificate equal to $3.5 for every one hundred meters they run. The winner runs 24 laps around the school. On avera...
<human>: Milly and Floretta are having a water balloon fight in their garden. They use 3 packs of their own water balloons and also use 2 packs of a neighbor’s water balloons. Each pack of water balloons contains 6 balloons. Milly and Floretta fill all of the balloons then split them evenly, but Milly takes an extra 7 ...
<human>: Two runners are competing in a 10-mile race. The first runs at an average pace of 8 minutes per mile, while the second runs at an average pace of 7 minutes per mile. After 56 minutes, the second runner stops for a drink of water. For how many minutes could the second runner remain stopped before the first r...
<human>: Lucy has been trying new recipes and wants to make sure she keeps the cupboard stocked with ingredients. She had a 500g bag of flour in the cupboard at the start of the week. She used 240g when she baked cookies on Tuesday, and accidentally spilled half of what was left when she was putting the flour away. If ...
<human>: John is trying to save money by buying cheap calorie-dense food. He can buy 10 burritos for $6 that have 120 calories each. He could also buy 5 burgers that are 400 calories each for $8. How many more calories per dollar does he get from the burgers? <bot>: The burritos have 10 * 120 = 1200 calories That me...
<human>: Cristine bought a dozen lemons and gave 1/4 of them to her neighbor. How many lemons does Cristine have left? <bot>: Cristine bought 1 * 12 = 12 lemons. She gave 12 * 1/4 = 3 lemons to her neighbor. So, Cristine is left with 12 - 3 = 9 lemons. #### 9 The answer is: 9
<human>: John receives $100 from his uncle and gives his sister Jenna 1/4 of that money. He goes and buys groceries worth $40. How much money does John have remaining? <bot>: When John gives his sister 1/4 of his money, he parts with 1/4 * 100 = 25 dollars Johns remains with 100 - 25 = 75 dollars. When he buys grocerie...
<human>: Penn operates an ice cream stall for a week. On the first day, she made $10. Every day after that, she made $4 more than the previous day. How much money did Penn make after 5 days? <bot>: On the second day, Penn made $10 + $4 = $14. On the 3rd day, she made $14 + $4 = $18. On the 4th day , she made $18 + $4 =...
<human>: Lewis found 4 more items on the scavenger hunt than Samantha. Samantha found four times the amount of items than Tanya who was only able to find 4 items. How many items did Lewis find? <bot>: Samantha found 4 times the amount of items as Tanya’s 4 items so Samantha found 4 * 4 = 16 items Lewis found 4 more i...
<human>: Mica went to the grocery store and bought 2 kilograms of pasta that costs $1.5; 1/4 kilogram of ground beef costs $8 for 1 kilogram; two jars of pasta sauce costs $2 per jar. Mica also wants to buy a $6 Quesadilla for snacks. How much money should she have with her to buy all those? <bot>: Two kilograms of pa...
<human>: Brandon sold some geckos to a local pet shop. Brandon sold the geckos for 100$. The pet store sells them for 5 more than 3 times that. How much does the pet store profit? <bot>: The pet store sells the geckos for 5 + 3(100) = 305$ Pet store profit: 305 - 100 = 205$. #### 205 The answer is: 205
<human>: Gary has 6 pounds of flour. He will use 4 pounds of flour to make cakes which require 0.5 pounds of flour each. The remaining 2 pounds of flour will be used to bake cupcakes, which require 1/5 pounds of flour. He plans to sell the cakes for $2.5 each and the cupcakes for $1 each in the school's bake sale. How ...
<human>: Hannah is trying to figure out how much she'll get paid this week. She makes $30/hour and works 18 hours per week. Her pay is docked $5 each time she's late. If she was late 3 times this week, how much does she get paid? <bot>: Hannah's total earnings are 18 hours * $30/hour = $540 a week. Her pay was docked b...
<human>: Josie's mom gave her a $20 bill and asked her to go to the store for a few items. The list included a carton of milk for $4.00, a loaf of bread for $3.50, a box of laundry detergent for $10.25 and 2 pounds of bananas that were $0.75 per pound. Her mom also gave her a coupon for $1.25 off of the laundry deter...
<human>: At the burger hut, you can buy a burger for $5, french fries for $3, and a soft drink for $3. If you order a special burger meal, you get all 3 of these food items for $9.50. A kid’s burger is $3, a kid’s french fries are $2, and a kid's juice box is $2. They also have a kids meal of all 3 kids' food items f...
<human>: A competition has racers competing on bicycles and tricycles to win a grand prize of $4000. If there are 40 people in the race, and 3/5 of them are riding on bicycles, how many wheels do the bicycles and tricycles in the race have combined? <bot>: If 3/5 of the people in the race are riding bicycles, their num...
<human>: Chandler can eat a total of 23 apples and Lucy can eat a total of 19 apples per week. If the farmer only delivers 1 time per month, how many apples do they have to order for a month? <bot>: Chandler and Lucy can eat 23 + 19 = 42 apples per week. Therefore, they have to order 42 * 4 = 168 apples for a month. ##...
<human>: Barney washes his kitchen towels once a week. He owns eighteen towels and uses two at a time that he changes to clean towels daily. He missed one week of laundry. How many days the following week will Barney not have clean towels? <bot>: Barney uses 2 clean towels every day, so he uses 2 * 7 = 14 towels a week...
<human>: An apple tree can fill 20 baskets. Each basket can be filled with 15 apples. How many apples can you get from 10 trees? <bot>: You can get 20 * 15 = 300 apples per tree. So a total of 300 * 10 = 3000 apples can be gotten from 10 trees. #### 3000 The answer is: 3000
<human>: Carson needs to mow the lawn and plant some flowers. Carson has to mow 40 lines to cover the whole yard, and it takes him 2 minutes to mow one line. He also needs to plant 8 rows of flowers, each with 7 flowers, and it takes him half a minute to plant each flower. How many minutes will Carson spend gardening? ...
<human>: Lyla, a grocery store owner, bought rice weighing 30 kg less than green beans, which weigh 10 kg more than sugar. While carrying the goods to the store, the bags fell down and 1/3 weight of the rice and 1/5 weight of sugar was lost. If the green beans weighed 60 kgs, then how much did the remaining stock weigh...
<human>: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended no more than 2 hours of screen time each day for children. Mrs. Merril wants to follow a 2-hour screen time for her child. How many minutes will she allow her child to use his gadget this evening if he already used his gadget for 45 minutes in the morning? <bot>: ...
<human>: Uncle Jerry wants to reap ripe tomatoes from his garden. Yesterday, he was able to reap 120 tomatoes. Today, he was able to reap 50 more tomatoes than yesterday. How many tomatoes did Uncle Jerry reap? <bot>: Today, Uncle Jerry reaps 120 + 50 = 170 tomatoes. Therefore, Uncle Jerry reaps a total of 120 + 170 = ...
<human>: A local college is offering German lessons and currently has 8 students enrolled. Through advertising, 8 more became interested but a fourth of these dropped out within a day. 2 more got frustrated and left. The class then rallied to show how simple the course actually is and increased enrollment by 5 times th...
<human>: Sunny bakes 8 cakes. Then she gives away 2 cakes. Sunny wants to put candles on the remaining cakes. If she puts 6 candles on each cake, how many candles will she use in total? <bot>: Sunny has a total of 8 - 2 = 6 cakes Sunny will use a total of 6 * 6 = 36 candles. #### 36 The answer is: 36
<human>: The teacher divided the students into four groups. One group had 5 students, another 8 students, and the third 7 students. If there were 24 total students, how many students were in the fourth group? <bot>: There are 5 + 8 + 7 = 20 students in the first three groups. There are 24 - 20 = 4 students in the fourt...
<human>: An old pirate wants to leave his treasure on an island. He has 3500 gold coins. He wants to spread this equally across 5 chests. Additionally, he will put a total of 500 silver coins and twice as many bronze coins as silver, all distributed equally across the chests. How many coins in total will be in each che...
<human>: Jake delivers 234 newspapers a week. Miranda delivers twice as many newspapers a week. How many more newspapers does Miranda deliver than Jake in a month? <bot>: Jake delivers 234 * 4 = 936 newspapers in a month. Miranda delivers 234 * 2 = 468 newspapers in a week. So she delivers 468 * 4 = 1872 newspapers in ...
<human>: Kristine has 7 more CDs than Dawn. If Dawn has 10 CDs, how many CDs do they have together? <bot>: Kristine has 10 + 7 = 17 CDs. Thus, they both have 10 + 17 = 27 CDs together. #### 27 The answer is: 27
<human>: Aaron and his brother Carson each saved up $40 to go to dinner. The bill is 3/4 of their total money. After, they go out for ice cream. Each scoop costs $1.5 and they get the same amount as each other. If they leave with $1 in change each, how many scoops did they each buy? <bot>: They had $80 saved up because...
<human>: In San Diego Zoo, the lion consumes 25 kilograms of meat, and the tiger consumes 20 kilograms of meat per day. If they have 90 kilograms of meat, how many days will the meats last? <bot>: The lion and tiger's daily consumption of meat is 25 + 20 = 45 kilograms. Therefore, their supply of meat will last for 90/...
<human>: After complaints from the residents of Tatoosh about the number of cats on the island, the wildlife service carried out a relocation mission that saw the number of cats on the island drastically reduced. On the first relocation mission, 600 cats were relocated from the island to a neighboring island. On the se...
<human>: John buys thank you cards. He decides to buy them for people who got him Christmas and birthday presents. He sent 20 for Christmas gifts and 15 for birthday gifts. If each card cost $2 how much did he spend on cards? <bot>: He bought 20 + 15 = 35 cards So he spent 35 * 2 = $70. #### 70 The answer is: 70
<human>: Lisa walks 10 meters each minute. Every day, she walks for an hour. How many meters will Lisa walk in two days? <bot>: Since there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, then Lisa walks for 1 * 60 = 60 minutes every day. For 60 minutes, Lisa walks 60 * 10 = 600 meters. Thus, she walks for 600 * 2 = 1200 meters in two days....
<human>: Wyatt's mother gave him $74 to go to the store. Wyatt bought 5 loaves of bread and 4 cartons of orange juice. Each loaf of bread cost $5 and each carton of orange juice cost $2. How much money does Wyatt have left? <bot>: The loaves of bread cost 5 * $5 = $25. The orange juice cost 4 * $2 = $8. Wyatt’s total c...
<human>: UF got into the national championship. For them to get into the championship, they scored a total of 720 points during their previous 24 games. In the championship game, however, their opponent was much stronger than any other team they had previously gone against and they scored 2 points less than half as mu...
<human>: George is about to celebrate his 25th birthday. Since his 15th birthday, he's been given a special $1 bill from his parents. They told him that on his 25th birthday, for every bill he still has, they will give him $1.5 in exchange. He spent 20% of his special bills. How much will he receive from his parents wh...
<human>: Big Joe is the tallest player on the basketball team. He is one foot taller than Ben, who is one foot taller than Larry, who is one foot taller than Frank, who is half a foot taller than Pepe. If Pepe is 4 feet six inches tall, how tall is Big Joe, in feet? <bot>: Four feet six inches is the same as 4.5 feet...
<human>: In a week, Rayman works out for half the number of hours Junior takes to work out. Wolverine, their friend, works out for twice the combined total number of hours both Rayman and Junior take during their workouts. Calculate the number of hours Wolverine takes doing her workouts if Rayman does workouts for 10 h...
<human>: John's car needs a new engine. The labor costs $75 an hour for 16 hours. The part itself cost $1200. How much did the repairs cost in total? <bot>: The labor cost 16 * $75 = $1200 So the total cost was $1200 + $1200 = $2400. #### 2400 The answer is: 2400
<human>: Teddy is a pillow-maker. He uses 3 less than 5 pounds of fluffy foam material to make each pillow. If Teddy has three tons of fluffy foam material, how many pillows can he make? <bot>: Three less than 5 is 5 - 3 = 2. Since one ton is 2000 pounds, three tons is 2000 * 3 = 6000 pounds. Thus, in 6000 pounds, he...
<human>: Tom rents a helicopter for 2 hours a day for 3 days. It cost $75 an hour to rent. How much did he pay? <bot>: He rented the helicopter for 2 * 3 = 6 hours So he paid 6 * 75 = $450. #### 450 The answer is: 450
<human>: Tricia ordered three dozen eggs. She will use 1/4 of them for making crepes, and 2/3 of the remaining for making cupcakes. How many eggs are left to make sunny-side-up eggs for breakfast? <bot>: Since a dozen is equal to 12, then 3 dozen eggs are equal to 12 * 3 = 36 eggs. Tricia will use 36 * 1/4 = 9 eggs for...
<human>: Heather helps her neighbour pick weeds out of her garden. She gets paid 5 cents for every weed she picks. On average, how many seconds can she take to pick a weed if she wants to earn $10 an hour? <bot>: In an hour, she needs to earn $10 * 100 cents / $1 = 1000 cents. In an hour, she must pick 1000 cents / 5 c...
<human>: Kim has 12 nail polishes. Heidi has 5 more nail polishes than Kim, and Karen has 4 fewer nail polishes than Kim. How many nail polishes does Karen and Heidi have together? <bot>: Heidi has 12 + 5 = 17 nail polishes. Karen has 12 - 4 = 8 nail polishes. Heidi and Karen have 17 + 8 = 25 nail polishes together. ##...
<human>: Hannah has three brothers. Her brothers are all 8 years old. How old is Hannah if she is twice as old as the sum of her brother's ages? <bot>: The total of Hannah's brothers' ages is 3 * 8 = 24. Hannah is twice as old as the total of her brothers' ages, so Hannah is 24 * 2 = 48 years old. #### 48 The answer is...
<human>: Mr. Johnson is organizing the school Christmas play and needs 50 volunteers to help with decorating the auditorium. 5 students from each of the school’s 6 math classes have volunteered to help. 13 teachers have also volunteered to help. How many more volunteers will Mr. Johnson need? <bot>: Since 5 students fr...
<human>: Pat is buying supplies for S'mores. He and his friends will each eat 3 S'mores. There are 8 of them in total. It costs $3 in supplies to make 4 S'mores. How much will it cost to buy all the supplies? <bot>: They are making 24 S'mores because 8 * 3 = 24 Each S'more costs $.75 to make because 3 / 4 = 0.75 It wil...
<human>: Pat is hunting for sharks to take photos. For every photo he takes he earns $15. He sees a shark about every 10 minutes. His boat fuel costs $50 an hour. If he shark hunts for 5 hours, how much money can he expect to make in profit? <bot>: He will use $250 in fuel because 5 * 50 = 250 He will be shark hunting ...
<human>: Chelsea made 4 batches of cupcakes for the bake sale. The cupcakes took 20 minutes to bake and 30 minutes to ice per batch. How long did it take Chelsea to make the cupcakes? <bot>: Chelsea baked 4 batches of cupcakes * 20 minutes each = 80 minutes of baking. She iced 4 batches of cupcakes * 30 minutes each = ...
<human>: Miriam currently has 30 marbles, but she used to have more. Miriam gave her brother 60 marbles, gave her sister twice that amount and gave her friend Savanna three times the amount she currently has. How many marbles did Miriam start with? <bot>: If Mariam remains with 30 marbles after giving her brother 60 ma...
<human>: Cersei bought 50 cotton candies. She gave her brother and sister 5 cotton candies each, then gave the remaining one-fourth of them to her cousin. If she ate 12 cotton candies, how many cotton candies are left? <bot>: Cersei gave a total of 5 * 2 = 10 cotton candies to her brother and sister. So, the total cott...
<human>: Mark collects money for the homeless. He visits 20 households a day for 5 days and half of those households give him a pair of 20s. How much did he collect? <bot>: He got money from 20/2 = 10 households per day So that means he got money from 10 * 5 = 50 households Each of those houses gave 20 * 2 = $40 So h...
<human>: A party hall has 3 decorative light bulbs; a red light bulb which comes on every 2 seconds, a green one every 3 seconds and a blue one every 4 seconds. If they are put on at the same time, what is the shortest time after which the three bulbs will be on at the same time? <bot>: The blue light bulb comes on eve...
<human>: Maria went on a trip to Belgium. She paid $300 for the ticket and half of that for the hotel. How much money does she have left, when she had $760 at the beginning? <bot>: For the hotel Maria paid 300 / 2 = $150. So Maria has 760 - 300 - 150 = $310 left. #### 310 The answer is: 310
<human>: Randy had some money. Smith gave him another $200. Randy then gave Sally $1,200 and kept the rest. If Randy has $2000 left, how much money, in dollars, did Randy have at first? <bot>: After Smith gave him $200, Randy had 2000 + 1200 = 3200 dollars. Randy had 3200 - 200 = 3000 dollars at first. #### 3000 The an...
<human>: Johnny makes his signature crab dish 40 times a day. It uses 1.5 pounds of crab meat. Crab meat sells for $8 per pound. How much does he spend in a week if he is closed 3 days a week? <bot>: He uses 40 * 1.5 = 60 pounds of crab meat per day That cost 60 * 8 = $480 per day He is open 7 - 3 = 4 days a week So...
<human>: Evan owns 40 fewer books than the number he had 2 years ago. Evan will have 60 more than five times as many books as he owns now in five years. If Evan had 200 books two years ago, calculate the total number of books he will have in five years. <bot>: If Evan had 200 books two years ago, he currently has 200 -...
<human>: Enrique has 2 132 contracts that he needs to shred. His paper shredder will only allow him to shred 6 pages at a time. How many times will he shred 6 units of paper until all of the contracts are shredded? <bot>: He has 2 contracts that are 132 pages each so that's 2 * 132 = 264 pages He can only shred 6 pag...
<human>: Grayson has 100 questions on a test. He answers some of the questions for 2 hours, taking two minutes for each answer, then realizes he doesn't know the rest of the questions. How many questions does Grayson leave unanswered when he submits his test? <bot>: Each hour contains 60 minutes, so after 2 hours he to...
<human>: Half of Taylor's house guests like weak coffee and the other half like strong coffee in the morning. Taylor uses 1 tablespoon of coffee per cup of water to make it weak and he doubles that amount to make it strong. If he makes 12 cups of both weak and strong coffee, how many tablespoons of coffee will he nee...
<human>: Samuel has $5, $10, and $20 bills which amount to $150 in his wallet. His $10-bills amount to $50, and he has 4 $20-bills. How many bills does Samuel have in his wallet? <bot>: His $20 bills amount to 4 * $20 = $80. So the total amount of the $10 and $20 bills is $80 + $50 = $130. Hence, the remaining $5 bills...
<human>: Gary counted the number of whiskers on the faces of his two cats. Princess Puff has 14 whiskers, while Catman Do has 6 less than twice the number of whiskers as Princess puff. How many whiskers does Catman Do have? <bot>: Twice the number of whiskers as Catman Do is 14 * 2 = 28 whiskers. Catman Do has 6 less...
<human>: Jack needs to mop the bathroom and the kitchen. If the bathroom floor is 24 square feet and the kitchen floor is 80 square feet, and Jack can mop 8 square feet per minute, how many minutes does he spend mopping? <bot>: First find the total floor area Jack needs to mop: 24 sq ft + 80 sq ft = 104 sq ft Then divi...
<human>: In his first season at Best Hockey's team, Louie scored four goals in the last hockey match of this season. His brother has scored twice as many goals as Louie scored in the last match in each game he's played in each of the three seasons he's been on the team. Each season has 50 games. What is the total numb...
<human>: A farmer planted 30 rows of tomatoes with 10 plants in each row. Each tomato plant yields 20 pieces of tomatoes. How many pieces of tomatoes can the farmer get from all his planted tomatoes? <bot>: The farmer planted a total of 30 * 10 = 300 tomato plants. Thus, the farmer can get 300 * 20 = 6000 pieces of tom...
<human>: Emma can run all-around two arenas in 20 hours. If it takes Fernando twice as long to run his course, what's the total time it takes both of them to run all around the two arenas? <bot>: If it takes Emma 20 hours to run all around the two arenas, it takes Fernando 2 * 20 = 40 hours to run the same distance. To...
<human>: Harry's birthday was three weeks after the closing of the school. His three friends decided to contribute an equal amount of money to throw him a party. Harry added $30 to the contribution, making the total contribution three times as much as Harry contributed. Calculate the total amount of money that each of ...
<human>: Isabella is twice as old as Antonio. In 18 months, she will be 10 years old. How many months old is Antonio? <bot>: First, we determine that Isabella will be 10 * 12 = 120 months old at age 10, to find a number to compare her age to Antonio's with. Then we subtract the 18 months from the total of 120 months ...