Question: If Billy rode his bike 17 times, John rode his bike twice as many times, and their mother rode her bike 10 times more than John, how many times did they ride their bikes in total?
Answer: To find the number of total bike rides, we must first determine how many times John rode his bike. We do this by performing 17 * 2 = 34 times for John. Since John's mother rode 10 times more than John did, we find her total by performing 34 + 10 = 44 times. For all three people put together then, we perform 44 + 34 + 17 = 95 times in total. The answer is 95.
[Question]Jane is trying to decide whether to buy a house or a trailer. A house costs $480,000 and a trailer costs $120,000. Each loan will be paid in monthly installments over 20 years. How much more is the monthly payment on the house compared to the trailer?
[Answer]First find how many months the loans last: 20 years * 12 months / year = 240 months. Then divide the cost of the house by the number of payments to find the monthly payment before interest: $480,000 / 240 months = $2000 / month. Then do the same thing to find the monthly payment before interest on the trailer: $120,000 / 240 months = $500 / month. Then subtract the cost of the trailer payment from the cost of the house payment to find the difference: $2000 / month - $500 / month = $1500 / month. The answer is 1500.
Q: Jessica is having a sweet tooth and bought 10 chocolate bars, 10 packs of gummy bears, and 20 bags of chocolate chips. Her total rang up to $150. If the cost of a pack of gummy bears is $2 and a bag of chocolate chips costs $5, how much does 1 chocolate bar cost?
A: The gummy bears cost 10 * 2 = $20. The chocolate chips cost 5 * 20 = $100. The total cost for these two is 100 + 20 = $120. The chocolate bars in total cost 150 - 120 = $30. A single chocolate bar costs 30 / 10 = $3. The answer is 3.
Question: Mark plants some strawberries in his backyard. Every month, the number of strawberry plants doubles. After 3 months, Mark digs up 4 strawberry plants and gives them to his friend. If he still has 20 strawberry plants, how many did he initially plant?
Answer: First, add the 4 plants Mark gave away to the 20 he has left: 4 + 20 = 24. Then divide this number by 2 to find how many plants Mark had after two months: 24 / 2 = 12. Then divide that number by 2 to find how many plants Mark had after one month: 12 / 2 = 6. Finally, divide that number by 2 to find out how many plants Mark initially planted: 6 / 2 = 3. The answer is 3.
[Question]There are 21 cherry tomatoes on the tomato plant. 2 birds eat one-third of the tomatoes. How many are still left on the tomato plant?
[Answer]The birds eat this many tomatoes: 21 / 3 = 7 tomatoes. There are this many tomatoes left on the plant: 21 - 7 = 14 tomatoes. The answer is 14.
[Question]Carrie is making punch. She adds 6 12-oz cans of Mountain Dew, 28 oz of ice, and a 40 oz bottle of fruit juice. How many 10 oz servings of punch does Carrie have?
[Answer]
First find the total volume of the Mountain Dew: 6 cans * 12 oz / can = 72 oz. Then find the total volume of the punch: 72 oz + 28 oz + 40 oz = 140 oz. Then divide the total volume by the volume of each serving to find the number of servings: 140 oz / 10 oz / serving = 14 servings. The answer is 14.