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<human>: Anne is drawing pictures. She has 12 markers and she notices that each one lasts for about 1.5 drawings. If she has already made 8 drawings, how many more can she make before she runs out of markers? <bot>: She can make 18 drawings in total because 12 * 1.5 = 18 She can make ten more because 18 - 8 = 10. #### ...
<human>: Aubree saw 20 beavers and 40 chipmunks by a tree when going to school and scared them away when they saw her. While coming back from school, she realized the number of beavers had doubled and the number of chipmunks had decreased by 10. What's the total number of animals she saw that day? <bot>: When going to ...
<human>: Hannah ran 9 kilometers on Monday. She ran 4816 meters on Wednesday and 2095 meters on Friday. How many meters farther did she run on Monday than Wednesday and Friday combined? <bot>: Wednesday + Friday = 4816 + 2095 = 6911 meters 9 km = 9000 meters 9000 - 6911 = 2089 meters Hannah ran 2089 meters farther on M...
<human>: Daniel buys a magazine costing $0.85 and a pencil costing $0.50. He pays with a coupon that gives him $0.35 off. How much does he spend? <bot>: Daniel buys both magazine and pencil for $0.85 + $0.50 = $1.35. The coupon gives him a total cost of $1.35 - $0.35 = $1. #### 1 The answer is: 1
<human>: Ziggy is a club DJ. Typically, Ziggy gets 30 song requests every night. Half the songs requested are electropop. A third of that amount are requests for dance music. Five song requests are rock music, and song requests for oldies are three less in number than rock requests. Ziggy plays a DJ’s choice song half ...
<human>: Youngsville had a population of 684 people. The town had a growth spurt and the population increased by 25% then they witnessed that 40% of the population moved away. What is the current population? <bot>: The town had 684 people then had a 25% growth spurt increasing the population by 684 * 0.25 = 171 peopl...
<human>: Dylan filled his glass with ice cubes before he poured his soda into it. He counted and there were 8 ice cubes in his glass. Later when he prepares a pitcher of lemonade he puts two times as many ice cubes in the pitcher. Then it is time to refill the ice cube trays which have 12 spaces each for ice cubes. How...
<human>: It takes Emmalyn and her research team, the Polar Bears, 30 minutes to fully navigate around a volcanic island. On Saturday, they decided to start off by rounding the island once. They then re-grouped and planned out the rest of their weekend research schedule. They completed 10 more round that day and then we...
<human>: Lilly and Fiona are cleaning a room. Between them, it takes 8 hours to clean the room. A quarter of the time spent cleaning was by Lilly and Fiona was responsible for the rest of the cleaning. How long, in minutes, was Fiona cleaning? <bot>: Lilly cleaned for 8 hours / 4 = 2 hours. This means that Fiona was cl...
<human>: Daryl is loading crates at a warehouse and wants to make sure that they are not overloaded. Each crate can weigh up to 20kg and he has 15 crates he can fill. He has 4 bags of nails to load, each of which weighs 5kg; he has 12 bags of hammers, each of which weighs 5 kg; he also has 10 bags of wooden planks, eac...
<human>: There are 64 seventh graders at a middle school. This is 32% of the students at the school. The sixth graders comprise 38% of the students. How many sixth graders attend middle school? <bot>: Let X be the number of students in the middle school. There are X * 32% = 64 seventh graders. So there are * = 64 / 0.3...
<human>: Julie started her own landscaping business. She charges $4 an hour for mowing lawns and $8 for pulling weeds. In September she mowed lawns for 25 hours and pulled weeds for 3 hours. If she worked the same number of hours in October, how much money did she earn in September and October? <bot>: She mowed lawns f...
<human>: A store owner repacked his oils into 200 mL bottles. He was able to make 20 bottles. How many liters of oil did the store owner have? <bot>: Twenty bottles of oil is equal to 200 mL * 20 = 4000 mL. Since 1 liter is equal to 1000 mL, then the store owner had 4000/1000 = 4 liters of oil. #### 4 The answer is: 4
<human>: If 2 machines in a factory make 10 cell phones each minute, how many machines would it take to make 50 cell phones a minute? <bot>: First, we need to determine how many cell phones each machine makes per minute. We do this by performing 10/2 = 5 cell phones each minute per machine. Next, we determine how many ...
<human>: Hillary's teacher assigned 1 hour of reading during the weekend. On Friday night, Hillary read for 16 minutes. On Saturday she read for 28 minutes. How many minutes does Hillary have to read on Sunday to complete the assignment? <bot>: Hillary needs to read for 1 hour which equals 60 minutes. Hillary has read ...
<human>: Eunice spent $7500 on a used car, which is 25% less than the original price. What was the original price of the car? <bot>: The price $7500 is 100% - 25% = 75% of the original price. So, every 1% is equal to $7500/75% = $100. Hence, the original price is equal to $100/1% x 100% = $10000. #### 10000 The answer ...
<human>: If eight movie tickets cost 2 times as much as one football game ticket, and each movie ticket is sold at $30, calculate the total amount of money Chandler will pay if he buys eight movie tickets and five football game tickets. <bot>: If each movie ticket is sold at $30, the cost of buying eight movie tickets ...
<human>: Jenny wants to sell some girl scout cookies and has the choice of two neighborhoods to visit. Neighborhood A has 10 homes which each will buy 2 boxes of cookies. Neighborhood B has 5 homes, each of which will buy 5 boxes of cookies. Assuming each box of cookies costs $2, how much will Jenny make at the bett...
<human>: Tommy is looking at his change collection. He has 10 more dimes than pennies. He has twice as many nickels as dimes. He has 4 quarters. He has 10 times as many pennies as quarters. How many nickels does he have? <bot>: Tommy has 40 pennies because 10 * 4 = 40 Tommy has 50 dimes because 40 + 10 = 50 Tommy has 1...
<human>: Casey is pumping water out of her well. She can pump 3 gallons a minute. She has 4 rows of 15 corn plants each, and each plant needs half a gallon of water. She also has 10 pigs, which each need 4 gallons of water, and 20 ducks that each need a quarter of a gallon of water. How many minutes does Casey need to ...
<human>: Mrs. Young makes bonnets for kids in the orphanage. On Monday, she made 10 bonnets, on Tuesday and Wednesday combined she made twice more than on Monday, while on Thursday she made 5 more than on Monday, and on Friday she made 5 less than on Thursday. Then, she divided up the bonnets evenly and sent them to 5 ...
<human>: James hurts himself and decides to go to his primary care doctor. His primary care doctor charges $300 for the visit and James's insurance covers 80%. What is James's out-of-pocket cost? <bot>: The insurance covered 300 * 0.8 = $240 So he owed 300 - 240 = $60. #### 60 The answer is: 60
<human>: A busy restaurant is counting how many customers they had during that Friday to try to predict how many they might get on Saturday. During breakfast, they had 73 customers. During lunch, they had 127 customers. During dinner, they had 87 customers. If they predict they'll get twice the amount of customers on S...
<human>: The faucet in Betsy's bathroom is broken. Every minute it drips about 10 times. What amount of water is wasted during one hour if each drop contains 0.05 mL? <bot>: Every minute, 10 * 0.05 = 0.5 mL of water are wasted. Every hour, 0.5 * 60 = 30 mL of water are wasted. #### 30 The answer is: 30
<human>: Barry has $10.00 worth of dimes. His little brother, Dan has half that amount but finds 2 more dimes on his way home from school. How many dimes does Dan have? <bot>: Dimes are worth $0.10 and Barry has $10.00 worth of dimes so he has 10/.10 = 100 dimes Dan has half the amount of dimes as Barry so Dan has 10...
<human>: To make fried green tomatoes, Thelma cuts each green tomato into 8 slices before cooking them up. If 20 slices of fried green tomato make a meal for a single person, how many tomatoes will Thelma need to make enough fried green tomatoes to feed a family of 8 for a single meal? <bot>: If 20 slices are sufficie...
<human>: A dog runs through a field and is joined by a group of 4 cats. 2 rabbits join each cat and 3 hares join each rabbit. How many animals are running through the field? <bot>: A pair of rabbits join each cat so there must be 4 cats * 2 rabbits/cat = 8 rabbits. As 3 hares join each rabbit, there must be 8 rabbits *...
<human>: Yesterday Ryan got five books from the library. They were a total of 2100 pages. His brother got one book a day that was 200 pages each. They both finished them in a week. On average, how many more pages per day did Ryan read compared to his brother? <bot>: Ryan read an average of 300 pages a day because 2100 ...
<human>: Clyde's four children wanted to go see their favorite band perform. The tickets were expensive so Clyde made a deal with his kids. If the average of their scores on their next math test was higher than 89, then he would buy them tickets to the concert. June earned a 97 on her math test, Patty earned an 85,...
<human>: Tas and his friends put up a t-shirt for sale. They ended up selling 200 t-shirts in 25 minutes. Half of the shirts were black and cost $30, while the other half were white and cost $25. How much money did they make per minute during the sale? <bot>: The total revenue from black shirts was 100 * $30 = $3000. T...
<human>: Hansel has a created album on Spotify that contains 25 songs and each song is 3 minutes long. If she adds 10 more songs to the album with the same duration, how many minutes will it take her to finish all the songs in the album? <bot>: There are 25 + 10 = 35 songs in the album. Therefore, it will take 35 * 3 =...
<human>: When Herman’s team is busy working on large projects he stops at the drive-through 5 days, every week to buy a breakfast combo for himself and 3 members of his team. Each meal costs $4.00. This current project will last 16 weeks. How much will Herman spend on breakfast? <bot>: Herman buys himself and 3 team...
<human>: Harvey's started out with 25 steaks. Then he sold some, and only had 12 steaks left. He sold 4 more steaks, at 10 dollars. How many steaks did he sell in all? <bot>: Harvey sold 25 - 12 = 13 steaks at first. Harvey then sold more steaks for a total of 13 + 4 = 17 steaks. #### 17 The answer is: 17
<human>: In a shop, there is a sale of clothes. Every shirt costs $5, every hat $4, and a pair of jeans $10. How much do you need to pay for three shirts, two pairs of jeans, and four hats? <bot>: Three shirts cost 3 * 5 = $15. Two pairs of jeans would cost 2 * 10 = $20. Four hats would in total cost 4 * 4 = $16. So fo...
<human>: The parking lot in front of the school has 52 parking spaces. The parking lot in the back of the school has 38 spaces. If 39 cars have parked and 1/2 of the spaces of the back are filled, how many parking spaces are still available in the school? <bot>: There are a total of 52 + 38 = 90 parking spaces in the s...
<human>: Princess Daphne bought three necklaces and a set of earrings for a total of $240,000. If all three necklaces were equal in price, and the earrings were three times as expensive as any one necklace, then how expensive was the cost of a single necklace? <bot>: Let "x" be the price of a single necklace. Thus, th...
<human>: It takes 3 ounces of wax to detail Kellan’s car and 4 ounces to detail his SUV. He bought an 11-ounce bottle of vehicle wax, but spilled 2 ounces before using it. How many ounces does he have left after waxing his car and SUV? <bot>: Kellan used 3 + 4 = 7 ounces of wax for his car and SUV. Since he spilled 2 o...
<human>: Harold's fancy wrapping paper can wrap 5 shirt boxes or 3 XL boxes. For the upcoming holiday, he has 20 shirt boxes to wrap and 12 XL boxes to wrap. If each roll of wrapping paper costs $4.00 per roll, how much will he spend to wrap all of the boxes? <bot>: 1 roll can wrap 5 shirt boxes and he has 20 shirts ...
<human>: Mark and Peter dug ponds in their backyards. Mark’s pond is 4 feet deeper than 3 times Peter’s pond. If Mark’s pond is 19 feet deep, what is the depth of Peter’s pond? <bot>: Let’s use p for the number of feet in Mark’s pond 3 * p + 4 = 19 3 * p = 19 - 4 = 15 3p = 15 p = 5. #### 5 The answer is: 5
<human>: Katie's mother wants to get granola bars for all the kids to eat after Katie's soccer game. There will be 30 kids playing soccer, including Katie. Katie's mother wants to get 2 granola bars for each kid, since the bars are not that big and she figures the kids will be very hungry. Each box of granola bars has ...
<human>: Phil has 10 books that are all 100 pages each. He moves to a new home and during the move, 2 books are lost. How many pages worth of books does Phil have left? <bot>: Phil starts with 10 books and loses 2, for 10 - 2 = 8 books Each of Phil's remaining books has 100 pages, so he has 8 * 100 = 800 pages worth ...
<human>: Tony, Moses and Esther are to share $50. Moses will take 40% of the total amount while Tony and Esther will split the remainder equally among themselves. How much more than Esther will Moses get? <bot>: 40% of $50 is (40/100) * $50 = $20 After Moses takes $20, there will be $50 - $20 = $30 left Tony and Esther...
<human>: James streams on twitch. He had 150 subscribers and then someone gifted 50 subscribers. If he gets $9 a month per subscriber how much money does he make a month? <bot>: He now has 150 + 50 = 200 subscribers So he makes 200 * 9 = $1800 a month. #### 1800 The answer is: 1800
<human>: Sally had 14 fries at lunch. Her friend Mark gave her one-third of his 36 fries at lunch. How many fries did Sally have for lunch after that? <bot>: Mark gave Sally 36/3 = 12 fries After that Sally has 14 + 12 = 26 fries. #### 26 The answer is: 26
<human>: There are 3 consecutive odd integers that have a sum of -147. What is the largest number? <bot>: Let N = smallest number N + 2 = next number N + 4 = largest number N + (N + 2) + (N + 4) = - 147 3N + 6 = - 147 3N = - 153 N = - 51 The largest number is - 47. #### - 47 The answer is: - 47
<human>: To raise funds for her local soup kitchen, Didi enlisted the help of her family, friends, and neighbors. They donated 10 same-size cakes that she sliced into 8 slices per cake and started selling a slice for $1. A local business owner was so impressed by Didi's efforts that she offered to donate 50 cents for e...
<human>: John can front squat 80% as much as he back squats. He used to back squat 200 kg but increased that by 50 kg. He can do a triple equal to 90% of the amount he front squats. How much weight will he move if he does three triples? <bot>: He increased his back squat to 200 + 50 = 250 kg That means his front squ...
<human>: Ursula earns $8.50 an hour working in a restaurant. She works 8 hours a day. If she works 20 days a month, determine her annual salary. <bot>: Ursula earns 8 * $8.50 = $68 a day. In a month, she earns 20 * $68 = $1360. Therefore, Ursula's annual salary is 12 * $1360 = $16,320. #### 16320 The answer is: 16320
<human>: Two boxes for carrying oranges with a capacity of 80 and 50 were filled with 3/4 and 3/5 of the way full with oranges, respectively. Calculate the total number of oranges the boxes have together. <bot>: For the box with a capacity of 80, if it was 3/4 full with oranges, it had 3/4 * 80 = 60 oranges. The second...
<human>: Max watches a show every day that airs from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm and only airs during weekdays. If he watches every episode during the week but misses the Friday episode, how many hours of the show did he watch? <bot>: The show runs from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm so that is 30 minutes. From Monday to Thursday, he watch...
<human>: The total number of employees in a company is 450, and each employee earns $2000 per month. If the company laid off 1/3 of its employees due to tough economic times, calculate the total amount of money the company paid to the remaining employees. <bot>: 1/3 of the employees were laid off, that is 1/3 * 450 = 1...
<human>: Gilbert, the bearded dragon, eats 4 crickets per week when the temperature averages 90 degrees F per day, but he eats twice as many crickets per week when the temperature averages 100 degrees F. How many crickets will he eat over 15 weeks if the temperature averages 90 degrees F for 80% of the time, and 100 d...
<human>: Lidia bought a new tablet, and she needs to buy some apps for it. One app costs $4 on average, and Lidia needs 15 of them. She has $66 for this purpose. How much money will she be left with if she buys all the apps she needs? <bot>: So Lidia will spend 4 * 15 = $60 on apps. She already has $66, so she will be ...
<human>: In a fruit salad, there are raspberries, green grapes, and red grapes. There are seven more than 3 times the number of red grapes as green grapes. There are 5 less raspberries than green grapes. If there are 102 pieces of fruit in the salad, how many red grapes are in the salad? <bot>: Green grapes = G Red gra...
<human>: A gold coin is worth 50 dollars and a silver coin is worth 25 dollars. If you have 3 gold coins, 5 silver coins, and 30 dollars cash, how much money do you have in dollars? <bot>: 3 gold coins at 50 dollars a coin gives you 50 * 3 = 150 dollars 5 silver coins at 25 dollars a coin give you 25 * 5 = 125 dollars ...
<human>: Four days ago, Carlos bought a bag of gummy worms. Every day he ate half of the remaining gummy worms. After eating half of the remainder on the fourth day, he now has 4 gummy worms left. How many gummy worms were in the bag when Carlos bought it? <bot>: Let G be the number of gummy worms in the bag when Carlo...
<human>: Milly is figuring out how long she needs to spend studying. She knows that her math homework will take 60 minutes. Her geography homework will take half as long as her math homework, and her science homework will take time equal to the mean amount of time she spent studying math and geography. How many minutes...
<human>: In one day, Ella's dog eats 4 pounds of food for every one pound of food that Ella eats. How much food do Ella and her dog in 10 days if Ella eat 20 pounds of food each day? <bot>: If Ella's dog eats 4 pounds of food for every one pound of food that Ella eats, when Ella eats 20 pounds of food in a day, Ella's ...
<human>: Marion’s bike cost $356. Stephanie’s bike is worth twice as much. What is the total price of their bikes? <bot>: Stephanie's bike costs $356 * 2 = $712. So, their bikes cost $356 + $712 = $1068 in total. #### 1068 The answer is: 1068
<human>: Michelle loves sugar. She bought 14 chocolate bars, each of which had 10 grams of sugar. She also bought a giant lollipop, which had an additional 37 grams of sugar, plus 190 calories. How many grams of sugar were in all of the candy she bought? <bot>: The chocolate bars had a total of 14 × 10 = 140 grams of s...
<human>: Robe's car broke and he used $10 from his savings to pay for the repair. Before the repair, he bought 2 kinds of spare parts. A corner light that costs twice the price of the repair fee, and two brake disks; each disk cost thrice the price of the corner light. After that, he had $480 savings left. How much mon...
<human>: Ralph has $54.00 worth of products in his cart. At the register, he asks if he could have a 20% discount on an item with a small issue. This item is $20.00 to start. They agree. Ralph also has a 10% coupon on his purchase, which he uses after the 20% discount on the item with the small issue. How much wi...
<human>: Arnold owns three cars. The first car averages 50 miles per gallon of gas. The second car averages 10 miles per gallon of gas. And the third car averages 15 miles per gallon of gas. He splits his 450-mile monthly driving mileage equally amongst his three cars. If gas costs $2 per gallon, how much does he spen...
<human>: Mary is making a spinach quiche. She takes 40 ounces of raw spinach and cooks it until it's 20% of its initial volume. If she mixes the spinach with 6 ounces of cream cheese and 4 ounces of eggs, what is the total volume of the quiche? <bot>: First find the cooked volume of the spinach: 40 ounces * 20% = 8 oun...
<human>: Before he lost one, Policeman O'Brien had 5 more than twice as many hats as fire chief Simpson. If fire chief Simpson has 15 hats, how many hats does Policeman O'Brien now have? <bot>: Twice as many hats as fire chief Simpson has is 2 * 15 = 30 hats. 5 more than 30 hats is 30 + 5 = 35 hats. One less than 35 ha...
<human>: Out of the 200 apples in an orchard, 40 percent were rotten. Also, 70 percent of the rotten apples smelled. How many rotten apples in the orchard did not smell? <bot>: The number of apples in the orchard which were rotten is 40/100 * 200 = 80 Out of the 80 rotten apples, 70/100 * 80 = 56 were smelling. The num...
<human>: In a graduation ceremony, each graduate can bring their 2 parents. Twenty teachers and half as many administrators will also attend the graduation ceremony. If there are 50 graduates, how many chairs must be prepared for the ceremony? <bot>: There will be 50 * 2 = 100 parents that are expected to attend. 20/2 ...
<human>: Sophie's aunt gave her $260 to spend on clothes at the mall. She bought 2 shirts that cost $18.50 each and a pair of trousers that cost $63. She then decides to purchase 4 more articles of clothing with her remaining budget. How much money would each item cost if she split the cost of each item evenly? <bot>: ...
<human>: Jessie's community built a new hedge. Each section of the hedge used 30 pieces of concrete blocks that cost $2 per piece. The hedge has eight sections. How much did they spend on the concrete blocks? <bot>: They used 30 x 8 = 240 concrete blocks for the eight sections. So, they spent 240 * $2 = $480 on the con...
<human>: Jaden had 14 toy cars. Then he bought 28 cars from the toy store and got 12 cars for his birthday. Jaden gave 8 of the toy cars to his sister and 3 to his friend Vinnie. How many toy cars does Jaden have left? <bot>: Jaden had a total of 14 cars + 28 cars = 42 cars after buying from the toy store. His total th...
<human>: Keaton has a farm of oranges and apples. He can harvest his oranges every 2 months and can sell the harvest for $50. He can harvest his apples every 3 months and can sell this harvest for $30. How much money can Keaton earn every year? <bot>: Keaton can harvest his oranges every year is 12/2 = 6 times. So the...
<human>: Tayzia and her two young daughters get haircuts. Women’s haircuts are $48. Children’s haircuts are $36. If Tayzia wants to give a 20% tip to the hair stylist, how much would it be? <bot>: The two daughters’ haircuts cost $36 * 2 = $72. All three haircuts will cost $72 + $48 = $120. The tip on the haircuts i...
<human>: If John travels 15 miles on a bike ride, and Jill travels 5 miles less, how many miles does Jim travel if he travels only 20% as far as Jill? <bot>: To find how far Jim travels, we must first find out how far Jill did. To do this, we perform 15 - 5 = 10 miles in total for Jill. We then multiply 10 * 0.20 = 2 m...
<human>: The school principal decided that she wanted every class to have an equal number of boys and girls in each first-grade classroom. There are 4 classrooms. There are 56 boys and 44 girls. How many total students are in each classroom? <bot>: Each classroom will have 14 boys because 56 boys divided into 4 classro...
<human>: There are two ponds side by side in a park. Pond A has twice as many frogs as Pond B. If there are 32 frogs in Pond A, how many frogs are there in both ponds combined? <bot>: Pond B has 32/2 frogs = 16 frogs. In total the ponds have 32 frogs + 16 frogs = 48 frogs. #### 48 The answer is: 48
<human>: Lana had 8 blank pages left in her binder, but she knew she would need more for her next class. Duane took half of the 42 pages in his binder out and gave them to her. How many pages does Lana have in her binder after adding Duane’s? <bot>: Duane gave Lana 42 / 2 = 21 pages. After adding Duane’s, Lana has 21 +...
<human>: Thomas made 4 stacks of wooden blocks. The first stack was 7 blocks tall. The second stack was 3 blocks taller than the first. The third stack was 6 blocks shorter than the second stack, and the fourth stack was 10 blocks taller than the third stack. If the fifth stack has twice as many blocks as the second st...
<human>: Alexa and Emily open up a lemonade stand in the front yard. They spent $10 for lemons, $5 for sugar and $3 for cups. The lemonade is $4 a cup. They sell a total of 21 cups. How much profit did Alexa and Emily make after paying off expenses? <bot>: Alexa and Emily spend a total of $10 + $5 + $3 = $18. They m...
<human>: TreQuan is throwing rocks in the river and he notices that the bigger the rock, the wider the splash. Pebbles make a splash that is a 1/4 meter wide. Rocks make a splash that is 1/2 a meter wide, and boulders create a splash that is 2 meters wide. If he tosses 6 pebbles, 3 rocks, and 2 boulders, what is the to...
<human>: Jean the jaguar has a beautiful fur coat containing a pattern of many rose-shaped spots, as unique as a human fingerprint. Half of her spots are located on her upper torso, with one-third of the spots located on her back and hindquarters, and the remaining spots located on her sides. If Jean has 30 spots on ...
<human>: Nedy can eat 8 packs of crackers from Monday to Thursday. If Nedy ate twice the amount on Friday, how many crackers did Nedy eat in all? <bot>: Nedy can eat 8 * 4 = 32 crackers from Monday to Thursday. He can eat 8 * 2 = 16 packs of crackers on Friday. Therefore, Nedy ate 32 + 16 = 48 crackers in all. #### 48 ...
<human>: John's car gets 30 mpg. He drives 20 miles to work each way 5 days a week. He also drives another 40 miles a week for leisure travel. How many gallons of gas does he use a week? <bot>: He drives 20 * 2 = 40 miles per day for work So he drives 40 * 5 = 200 miles for work So he drives a total of 200 + 40 = 240...
<human>: On Saturdays and Sundays, Suzanne makes french toast for the family. She and her husband each have 1 whole slice and her daughters split 1 slice. She uses a thick sliced bread that comes 12 slices per loaf. Over 52 weeks, how many loaves of bread will she need to make french toast? <bot>: She and her husban...
<human>: Iain has 200 pennies. He realizes that 30 of his pennies are older than he is. If he wishes to get rid of these pennies and then throw out 20% of his remaining pennies, how many will he have left? <bot>: Start with taking out the older pennies 200 pennies - 30 pennies = 170 pennies Take the 170 pennies * 0.20 ...
<human>: Jameson has 20 medals. Five of the medals are for the track. He has two times as many swimming medals as track medals. The rest of the medals are for badminton. How many badminton medals does he have? <bot>: Jameson has 5 * 2 = 10 medals for swimming. He has a total of 5 + 10 = 15 medals for track and swimming...
<human>: As Dan is learning to screen-print t-shirts to sell at the craft fair, he makes t-shirts, over the first hour, at the rate of one every 12 minutes. Then, in the second hour, he makes one at the rate of every 6 minutes. How many t-shirts does he make over the course of those two hours? <bot>: He made 60/12 = 5 ...
<human>: At a middle school, 20% of the students are in the band. If 168 students are in the band, how many students go to the middle school? <bot>: Let X be the number of students in the middle school. We know that X * 20% = 168 students are in the band. So there are X = 168/20% = 840 students in the middle school. ##...
<human>: Nina has four times more math homework and eight times more reading homework than Ruby. If Ruby has six math homework and two reading homework, how much homework is Nina having altogether? <bot>: Nina has four times more math homework than Ruby, meaning she has 6 * 4 = 24 more math homework than Ruby. The tota...
<human>: Julie works at a restaurant that pays her an hourly rate of $5. She works 8 hours a day and 6 days a week. How much is her monthly salary if she was not able to go to work for a day? <bot>: Julie's daily earnings are $5 * 8 = $40. Her weekly earnings are $40 * 6 = $240. Her monthly earnings are $240 * 4 = $960...
<human>: Aziz's parents moved to America in 1982. The year is 2021 and Aziz just celebrated his 36th birthday. How many years had his parents been living in America before Aziz was born? <bot>: Aziz was born in the year 2021 - 36 years = 1985. Therefore, Aziz's parents had been living in America for 1985 - 1982 = 3 yea...
<human>: Laura’s House is a 20-mile round trip from her school. The supermarket is 10 miles farther away from the school. If Laura drives to school every morning and two afternoons a week drives to the supermarket. How many miles does Laura driver per week? <bot>: 7 days a week Laura drives 20 miles to school, so Laura...
<human>: During the soccer match, The Kickers scored 2 goals in the first period and twice that amount in the second period. The other team, The Spiders, scored half the amount that The Kickers scored in the first period and twice the amount that The Kickers scored in their second period. What is the total amount of ...
<human>: The community leader of a certain town organized a cleaning day event where community members were to be involved in collecting trash inside the town. Out of 2000 community members involved in the cleaning process, 30% were adult men. If there were twice as many adult women as adult men in the event, and the r...
<human>: Mary, Jess, and Christina want to decorate a party room with balloons. Each person inflates balloons at different speeds, and they only have 30 minutes to inflate as many balloons as possible. Mary inflates 10 balloons per minute, Jess inflates 7 balloons per minute and Christina came 15 minutes late and was t...
<human>: An employee makes 30 dollars an hour for the first 40 hours in the workweek and an additional 50% for every hour above 40 in the week. If he works 6 hours for the first 3 days in the workweek and twice as many hours per day for the remaining 2 days, how much money did he make? <bot>: His overtime pay per hour...
<human>: Mark can jump 6 inches off the ground. Lisa can jump double the height as Mark, and Jacob can jump double the height of Lisa. If James jumps 2/3 as high Jacob, how high can James jump? <bot>: Lisa can jump 6 * 2 = 12 inches. Jacob can jump 12 * 2 = 24 inches. James can jump 24 * (2/3) = 16 inches high. #### 16...
<human>: There are 6 girls and 8 boys in the school play. If both parents of each kid attend the premiere, how many parents will be in the auditorium? <bot>: There are 6 + 8 = 14 kids in the school play. Each child has 2 parents attending the play and therefore there are 14 * 2 = 28 parents in the auditorium. #### 28 T...
<human>: Olaf collects colorful toy cars. At first, his collection consisted of 150 cars. His family, knowing his hobby, decided to give him some toy cars. Grandpa gave Olaf twice as many toy cars as the uncle. Dad gave Olaf 10 toy cars, 5 less than Mum. Auntie gave Olaf 6 toy cars, 1 more than the uncle. How many toy ...
<human>: After being contracted to build 4000 bollards on each side of a road, a company was only able to install 3/4 of the total number of bollards required on all sides of the road. How many more bollards are they required to install on all sides of the remaining part of the road? <bot>: Since the company was contra...
<human>: Bailey is making a rectangle out of a 100cm length of rope he has. If the longer sides of the rectangle were 28cm long, what is the length of each of the shorter sides? <bot>: The longer sides are 2 in number so their total length of 2 * 28cm = 56cm The rest of the length making up the short sides is 100 - 56 ...