Question: In Mariam's neighborhood, there are 40 houses on one side of the main road passing through the neighborhood and three times as many homes on the other side of the road. How many homes are in Mariam's neighborhood?
Answer: If the number of homes on one side of the main road is three times the number on the other side, there are 3 * 40 = 120 homes. In total, there are 40 + 120 = 160 homes in Mariam's neighborhood. The answer is 160.
[Question]In preparation for the church fundraiser, Julia bakes one less than 5 cakes per day for 6 days. Unfortunately, every other day, Julia's brother, Clifford, sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes. At the end of 6 days, how many cakes does Julia have remaining?
[Answer]Julia baked one less than 5 cakes per day, or 5 - 1 = 4 cakes per day. For 6 days, Julia baked 4 cakes per day, for a total of 4 * 6 = 24 cakes. Over 6 days, every other day, Clifford sneaks into Julia's house and eats one of Julia's cakes resulting in disappearance of 6 / 2 = 3 cakes. At the end of 6 days, Julia has 24 - 3 = 21 cakes remaining. The answer is 21.
Q: John buys 3 dress shirts. They sell for $20 each. He also has to pay 10% tax on everything. How much did he pay in total?
A: The shirts cost 3 * $20 = $60 before tax. The tax cost $60 * .1 = $6. So in total they paid $60 + $6 = $66. The answer is 66.
Question: A 25 story building has 4 apartments on each floor. If each apartment houses two people, how many people does the building house?
Answer: If each building floor has 4 apartments, we have 25 floors * 4 apartments / floor = 100 apartments. If each apartment has 2 people, 100 apartments * 2 people / apartment = 200 people. The answer is 200.
[Question]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?
[Answer]Since the company was contracted to build 4000 bollards on each side of a road, they were to install a total of 4000 * 2 = 8000 bollards on all sides of the road. The company was only able to install 3 / 4 * 8000 = 6000 bollards on all sides of the road. They required 8000 - 6000 = 2000 more bollards to install on all sides of the remaining part of the road. The answer is 2000.
[Question]There are three goldfish and ten platyfish in a fish tank. Each goldfish plays with ten red balls, while each platyfish plays with five white balls. What is the total number of balls in the fish tank?
[Answer]
If there are 3 goldfish, and each is playing with ten red balls, then the number of red balls in the tank is 3 * 10 = 30. There are also ten platyfish playing with 5 white balls, there are 10 * 5 = 50 white balls. The total number of red and white balls in the fish tank is 50 + 30 = 80. The answer is 80.