Q: Toby held a garage sale to raise money to support friends who have lost their jobs. Of all the items that he sold during the garage sale, three of the items he sold made up 75% of the total amount of sales money he earned. He sold a treadmill for $100, a chest of drawers for half as much as he made for selling the treadmill, and he sold a television for three times what he earned for selling the treadmill. What is the total sum of money, in dollars, that Toby made at the garage sale?
A: The chest of drawers sold for half as much as the treadmill, for a price of $100 / 2 = $50. The television sold for three times what he earned for the treadmill, for a price of $100 * 3 = $300. For the three items, he raised $100 + $50 + $300 = $450. If $450 is 75% of the total sum of money that Toby made at the garage sale, then the total amount is $450 / (75 / 100) = $600. The answer is 600.
Question: The sum of the three numbers is 500. If the first number is 200, and the value of the second number is twice the value of the third number, find the value of the third number.
Answer: Let's say the third number is x. The sum of the second and third number is 500 - 200 = 300. Since the third number is x, the sum of the values of the second and third number is x + 2x = 300. This is 3x = 300. The value of the third number is x = 300 / 3. x = 100. The answer is 100.
[Question]Chris has half as many cookies as Kenny. Glenn has four times as many cookies as Kenny. How many cookies do these three boys have, if Glenn has 24 cookies?
[Answer]Kenny has 24 / 4 = 6 cookies. Chris has 6 / 2 = 3 cookies. These three boys have 24 + 6 + 3 = 33 cookies. The answer is 33.
Q: A school bus has 4 columns and 10 rows of seats. If the school has 6 buses, how many students can the buses accommodate?
A: Each bus can accommodate 10 x 4 = 40 students. Therefore, 40 x 6 = 240 students can be accommodated by the six busses. The answer is 240.
Question: I have purchased 5 blue apples at the store. Suppose my neighbor gives me twice as many yellow apples as I have blue ones, and then I give my son 1/5 of the total number of apples; how many apples do I have now?
Answer: The number of blue apples is 5, and if you receive twice as many yellow apples as the number of blue apples, there will be 5 * 2 = 10 yellow apples. After receiving the yellow apples, you now have 10 yellow apples + 5 blue apples = 15 apples. When you give 1 / 5 of the total number of apples to the son, you part with 1 / 5 * 15 = 3 apples. The total number of apples remaining is 15 - 3 = 12 apples. The answer is 12.
Q: Ignatius owns 4 bicycles. A friend of his owns different types of cycles, which have three times are many tires as Ignatius's bikes have. He has one unicycle, a tricycle, and the rest are bikes. How many bicycles does the friend own?
A:
Ignatius has 8 tires because 2 x 4 = 8. His friend has 24 tires because 3 x 8 = 24. There are 20 bicycle wheels because 24 - 1 - 3 = 20. He has 10 bicycles because 20 / 2 = 10. The answer is 10.