Q: Maggie went to Lou's aquarium and saw 100 goldfish in the aquarium. She asked if she could take some home to care for, and she was allowed to catch half of them. While using a catching net, she caught 3/5 of the total number of goldfish she was allowed to take home. How many goldfish does Maggie remain with to catch to get the total number she was allowed to take home?
A: Maggie was allowed to take half of the goldfish in the aquarium, a total of 1 / 2 * 100 = 50 goldfish. On her first catch, Maggie got 3 / 5 * 50 = 30 goldfish. To reach the number of goldfish she was allowed to take home, Maggie has to catch 50 - 30 = 20 more goldfish. The answer is 20.
Question: In the fall, a tree drops a tenth of its initial quantity of leaves each day over the course of four days, then abruptly drops the rest on the fifth day. If it had 340 leaves before they started to fall, how many leaves does it drop on the fifth day?
Answer: The tree drops 340 / 10 = 34 leaves for each of the four days. Thus, it drops 34 * 4 = 136 leaves over the first four days. Therefore, it drops 340 - 136 = 204 leaves on the fifth day. The answer is 204.
[Question]Emmalyn decided to paint fences in her neighborhood for twenty cents per meter. If there were 50 fences in the neighborhood that she had to paint and each fence was 500 meters long, calculate the total amount she earned from painting the fences.
[Answer]The total length for the fifty fences is 50 * 500 = 25000 meters. If Emmalyn charged twenty cents to paint a meter of a fence, the total income she got from painting the fences is $0.20 * 25000 = $5000. The answer is 5000.
Q: A pack of pretzels costs $4, while a pack of chips is 75% more expensive. Maciek went and bought two packets of chips and two packets of pretzels. How much did he pay for his purchases?
A: One pack of chips is 75 / 100 * 4 = $3 more expensive than a pack of pretzels. That means one pack of chips costs 4 + 3 = $7. So Maciek paid 4 * 2 = $8 for the pretzels. He also paid 7 * 2 = $14 for the chips. In total Maciek paid 8 + 14 = $22 for his purchases. The answer is 22.
Question: Fran's school just instituted a school uniform policy. Each student needs to buy five complete uniforms, each consisting of pants, shirt, tie and socks. The pants cost $20, the shirt costs twice as much as the pants, the tie costs 1/5 as much as the shirt and the socks cost $3/pair. How many dollars will each student need to spend?
Answer: First find the total cost of the shirt: $20 * 2 = $40. Then find the total cost of the tie: $40 / 5 = $8. Then find the cost of one uniform set: $20 + $40 + $8 + $3 = $71. Then multiply the cost of each set by the number of sets each student has to buy to find the total cost: $71 / set * 5 sets = $355. The answer is 355.
Q: Four small panda bears and five bigger panda bears eat 25 pounds and 40 pounds of fresh bamboo sprouts every day, respectively. How many pounds of bamboo do the 9 pandas eat in a week?
A:
The small panda bears eat a total of 4 x 25 = 100 pounds of bamboo every day. The bigger panda bears eat a total of 5 x 40 = 200 pounds of bamboo every day. So, the 9 pandas eat a total of 100 + 200 = 300 pounds of bamboo every day. Therefore, they eat a total of 300 x 7 = 2100 pounds in a week. The answer is 2100.