[Question]Melanie has twice as many cats as Annie, and Annie has three times fewer cats than Jacob. If Jacob has 90 cats, how many cats does Melanie have?
[Answer]Annie has 90 / 3 = 30 cats. Melanie has 30 * 2 = 60 cats. The answer is 60.
Q: Corveus sleeps 4 hours a day and his doctor recommended for him to sleep 6 hours a day. How many hours of sleep does Corveus lack in a week?
A: Corveus lacks 6 - 4 = 2 hours of sleep every day. Therefore, Corveus' total hours of lack of sleep every week is 2 x 7 = 14. The answer is 14.
Question: Five people are planning a party. Sonja will buy a loaf of French bread ($3 a loaf) and a platter of cold cuts ($23). Barbara will buy the soda ($1 per person) and two boxes of crackers ($2 per box). Mario and Rick will split the cost of two packages of Cheese Doodles ($3 per package). Danica will supply a package of paper plates for $4. How much more will Sonja spend than the rest of the office put together?
Answer: Sonja will spend $3 + $23 = $26. Barbara will spend 5 + ( 2 * 2) = $9. Mario and Rick will spend 2 * 3 = $6. Everyone but Sonijs spend $9 + $6 + $4 = $19. Sonija spent $26 - $19 = $7 more than the rest of the people at the party. The answer is 7.
[Question]Dexter filled 3 fewer plastic boxes with football cards than basketball cards. He filled 9 boxes with basketball cards and each box has 15 cards. For the boxes with football cards, he filled each box with 20 cards. How many cards does Dexter have in total?
[Answer]Dexter have 9 x 15 = 135 basketball cards. He filled 9 - 3 = 6 plastic boxes with football cards. So, he has 6 x 20 = 120 football cards. Therefore, Dexter has 135 + 120 = 255 cards in total. The answer is 255.
Q: During a recent three-day trip to Italy, Keziah and her mom went mushroom picking. They sold all the mushrooms they picked on the first day for a total of $58. The day after, they picked 12 mushrooms. On the last day, they picked double the mushrooms they had picked the previous day. If the price per mushroom was $2, what is the total number of mushrooms they picked?
A: Since each mushroom cost $2, on the first day Keziah and her mom picked and sold 58 / 2 = 29 mushrooms. After picking 12 mushrooms on the second day, the cumulative total became 29 + 12 = 41 mushrooms. On the third day, they picked double the previous day, which translates to 2 * 12 = 24 mushrooms. It therefore means that over the three days, Keziah and her mom picked a total of 41 + 24 = 65 mushrooms. The answer is 65.
Question: Evie is collecting seashells while at the beach. Each day she collects her favorite 10 shells. At the end of 6 days, she gives 2 shells to her brother. How many shells does she have left?
Answer:
Multiply the number of shells collected each day by 6, to get the total number of seashells Evie has collected: 10 x 6 = 60 seashells. Subtract the 2 shells she gave her brother, to get the number of shells she has left: 60 - 2 = 58 seashells. The answer is 58.