Question: Last night, Jim bought a $7 lamp and a bulb which cost $4 less. If he bought 2 lamps and 6 bulbs, how much did Jim pay in all?
Answer: The cost of the bulb is $7 - $4 = $3. The cost of 2 lamps is $7 x 2 = $14. The cost of 6 bulbs is $3 x 6 = $18. Jim paid a total of $14 + $18 = $32. The answer is 32.
[Question]There are 25 roses in a garden. There are 40 tulips. There are 35 daisies. What percentage of flowers are not roses?
[Answer]There are 25 + 40 + 35 = 100 flowers total. There are 40 + 35 = 75 flowers that are not roses. Therefore, (75 / 100) * 100 = 75% of the flowers are not roses. The answer is 75.
Q: Miranda is stuffing feather pillows. She needs two pounds of feathers for each pillow. A pound of goose feathers is approximately 300 feathers. Her goose has approximately 3600 feathers. How many pillows can she stuff after she plucks the goose?
A: Miranda will have 3600 / 300 = 12 pounds of feathers from her goose. Thus, Miranda can stuff about 12 / 2 = 6 feather pillows after she plucks the goose. The answer is 6.
Question: There are 516 cars in a parking lot. One-third are blue, one-half are red, and the rest are black. How many black cars are on the lot?
Answer: Blue = 516 * (1 / 3) = 172 cars. Red = 516 * (1 / 2) = 258. Black = 516 - (172 + 258) = 86. There are 86 black cars on the lot. The answer is 86.
[Question]Jose bought 20,000 square meters of land and needs to divide it equally with his four siblings. How much land, in the square meters, will Jose have after dividing it with his siblings?
[Answer]The land will be divided into 1 (Jose) + 4 siblings = 5 pieces. So, Jose will have 20,000 / 5 = 4000 square meters of land. The answer is 4000.
[Question]Sol sells candy bars to raise money for her softball team. On the first day, she sells ten candy bars and sells four more candy bars than she sold the previous day each day afterward. If she sells six days a week and each candy bar costs 10 cents, how much will she earn in a week in dollars?
[Answer]
Sol will sell 10 + 4 = 14 candies on the second day. She will sell 14 + 4 = 18 candies on the third day. She will sell 18 + 4 = 22 candies on the fourth day. She will sell 22 + 4 = 26 candies on the fifth day. She will sell 26 + 4 = 30 candies on the sixth day. She will sell a total of 10 + 14 + 18 + 22 + 26 + 30 = 120 candies in a week. Hence, she will earn 120 x 10 = 1200 cents. Since 1 dollar is equal to 100 cents, then Sol will earn 1200 / 100 = $12. The answer is 12.