[Question]Mary goes with her 3 children to the circus. Tickets cost $2 for adults and $1 for children. Mary pays with a $20 bill. How much change will she receive?
[Answer]Mary's ticket costs $2 / ticket * 1 ticket = $2. Mary's children's tickets cost 3 tickets * $1 = $3. Together the tickets cost $2 + $3 = $5. After paying with a 20 - dollar bill, Mary will receive $20 - $5 = $15. The answer is 15.
Q: Caleb has 3 dozen jellybeans. Sophie has half as many jellybeans as Caleb. How many jellybeans do they have in total?
A: Caleb has 3 x 12 = 36 jellybeans. Sophie has 36 / 2 = 18 jellybeans. Together, they have 36 + 18 = 54 jellybeans. The answer is 54.
Question: The buyers who came to Mr. Brandon's shop yesterday bought goods worth $80. If 2/5 of the total amount of sales Mr. Brandon made yesterday were credit sales, and the rest were cash sales, how much did Mr. Brandon get from cash sales?
Answer: 2 / 5 of the total amount of sales Mr. Brandon made yesterday, which were credit purchases, were worth 2 / 5 * $80 = $32. The cash sales that Mr. Brandon made yesterday was $80 - $32 = $48. The answer is 48.
[Question]Victor has 8 flower stickers. He has 2 fewer animal stickers than flower stickers. How many stickers does Victor have in total?
[Answer]Victor has 8 stickers - 2 stickers = 6 animal stickers. In total Victor has 8 stickers + 6 stickers = 14 stickers. The answer is 14.
Q: Andy can get 50 demerits in a month before getting fired. If he got 2 demerits per instance for showing up late 6 times and 15 demerits for making an inappropriate joke, how many more demerits can he get this month before getting fired?
A: First find how many demerits Andy got for showing up late: 2 demerits / time * 6 times = 12 demerits. Then subtract the number of demerits he's gotten so far to find how many more he can get before getting fired: 50 demerits - 12 demerits - 15 demerits = 23 demerits. The answer is 23.
Question: If there are four times as many apples as oranges in a certain fruit basket and the basket has 15 apples, how many fruits would Emiliano have consumed if he eats 2/3 of each fruit's quantity in the basket?
Answer:
If there are four times as many apples as oranges in a certain fruit basket, with the number of apples being 15, there are 15 * 4 = 60 oranges in the basket. If Emiliano eats 2 / 3 of the oranges in the basket, he would have taken 2 / 3 * 60 = 40 oranges from the basket. With the number of apples in the basket being 15, if Emiliano eats 2 / 3 of them, 2 / 3 * 15 = 10 apples would have been eaten by Emiliano. The total number of fruits eaten by Emiliano will total 10 + 40 = 50. The answer is 50.