Q: Tom plays 9 rounds of golf. He takes an average of 4 strokes per hole. The par value per hole is 3. How many strokes over par was he?
A: He took 4 * 9 = 36 strokes. Par is 9 * 3 = 27 strokes. So he was 36 - 27 = 9 strokes over par. The answer is 9.
Question: Linda owns a store. She sells jeans at 11 dollars each and tees at 8 dollars each. If she sold 7 tees and 4 jeans in a day, how much money, in dollars, did she have at the end of the day?
Answer: 7 tees cost 7 * 8 = 56 dollars. 4 jeans cost 4 * 11 = 44 dollars. Linda had 56 + 44 = 100 dollars in the end. The answer is 100.
[Question]Joan collects rocks. In her collection of rock samples, she had half as many gemstones as minerals yesterday. Today, she went on a rock collecting trip and found 6 more mineral samples. If she has 48 minerals now, how many gemstone samples does she have?
[Answer]Yesterday before her rock collecting trip, she had 48 - 6 = 42 mineral samples. She has 1 / 2 the number of gemstones, so she has 42 / 2 = 21 gemstone samples. The answer is 21.
Q: Zoe ate a snack of 12 strawberries and 6 ounces of yogurt. If strawberries have 4 calories each and yogurt has 17 calories per ounce, how many calories did Zoe eat?
A: Zoe ate 12 strawberries x 4 calories each = 48 calories. Zoe ate 6 ounces of yogurt x 17 calories per ounce = 102 calories. Zoe at a total of 48 calories + 102 calories = 150 calories. The answer is 150.
Question: There's an online sale where you get $10 for every $100 that you spend. If you make a purchase of $250 before discounts, how much did you end up paying?
Answer: If for every $100 spent I save $10, then for $250 spend I'd save $10 * 2 = $20. If my total was $250, then I ended up paying $250 - $20 = $230. The answer is 230.
Q: Ruth prepared sandwiches. She ate 1 sandwich and gave 2 sandwiches to her brother. Her first cousin arrived and ate 2 sandwiches. Then her two other cousins arrived and ate 1 sandwich each. There were 3 sandwiches left. How many sandwiches did Ruth prepare?
A:
Ruth's two cousins ate a total of 2 x 1 = 2 sandwiches. So there were 3 + 2 = 5 sandwiches left before her two cousins arrived. Before her first cousin arrived, there were 5 + 2 = 7 sandwiches. Ruth and her brother had 1 + 2 = 3 sandwiches altogether. Therefore, Ruth prepared 7 + 3 = 10 sandwiches.". The answer is 10.