Question: A park has three colors of flowering crepe myrtle trees planted: red, white, and pink. When they bloom, a third of them are pink, but only two are red. Most of them are white. There are 42 crepe myrtle trees in the park. How many have white flowers when they bloom?
Answer: The park has 42 / 3 = 14 pink crepe myrtle trees. It has 2 red trees, so it has 14 + 2 = 16 pink and red trees. Therefore, there are 42 - 16 = 26 crepe myrtle trees that have white flowers when they bloom in the park. The answer is 26.
[Question]Every morning Harry takes 15 minutes to buy coffee and a bagel and twice that long to read the paper and eat before going in to work. How long does Harry's morning routine take?
[Answer]First find the time Harry spends eating: 15 minutes * 2 = 30 minutes. Then add the time he spends buying breakfast to find the total time: 30 minutes + 15 minutes = 45 minutes. The answer is 45.
Q: A store is having an anniversary sale. A tub of ice cream costs $2 less than its original price of $12 and the juice is sold at $2 for 5 cans. How much will you pay if you buy two tubs of ice cream and 10 cans of juice?
A: The price of a tub of ice cream is now $12 - $2 = $10. So the two tubs of ice cream amount to $10 x 2 = $20. There are 10 / 5 = 2 sets of 5 cans of juice. Thus, you will pay $2 x 2 = $4 for the 10 cans of juice. Therefore, you will pay a total of $20 + $4 = $24. The answer is 24.
Question: Anne drops a mirror and breaks it into 60 pieces. She sweeps up half of them, then her cat steals 3 pieces and her boyfriend picks up 1/3 of the remaining pieces. How many pieces does her boyfriend pick up?
Answer: First find the number of pieces left after Anne sweeps up: 60 pieces / 2 = 30 pieces. Then subtract the number her cat takes: 30 pieces - 3 pieces = 27 pieces. Divide that number by 3 to find how many pieces her boyfriend picks up: 27 pieces / 3 = 9 pieces. The answer is 9.
[Question]Coby went on a road trip. He is traveling from Washington to Nevada but he needs to stop in Idaho which is 640 miles away from Washington and 550 miles away from Nevada to pick up some friends. If Coby is traveling at a speed of 80 miles per hour going to Idaho and at a speed of 50 miles per hour from Idaho to Nevada, how many hours did it take for him to arrive at the destination?
[Answer]The estimated time of arrival from Washington to Idaho is 640 / 80 = 8 hours. So, the estimated time of arrival from Idaho to Nevada is 550 / 50 = 11 hours. Therefore, It took him 11 + 8 = 19 hours to arrive at the destination. The answer is 19.
[Question]A bag of dozen apples costs $14 and Brian has already spent $10 on kiwis and half that much on bananas. What's the maximum number of apples Brian can buy if he left his house with only $50 and needs to pay the $3.50 subway fare each way?
[Answer]
Brian requires a total of $3.50 + $3.50 = $7 to pay for the round trip subway fare. We also know he has spent half (1 / 2) the amount he spent on kiwis on bananas, so he'll spend (1 / 2) * $10 = $5 on bananas. So far in total he has spent $7 for his subway fare + $5 on bananas + $10 on kiwis = $7 + $5 + $10 = $22. If he left his house with only $50, then all he will have left for apples would be $50 - $22 = $28. If a bag of apples costs $14, then Brian would only be able to buy a maximum of $28 / $14 = 2 bags of apples. If each bag of apples has a dozen (12) apples, then (2) two bags will have 12 * 2 = 24 apples. The answer is 24.