Question: Maurice had only been horseback riding a handful of times in his life. His best friend, Matt, goes horseback riding regularly. When Maurice went to visit Matt for two weeks, he rode another 8 times. Each time, Matt went with him. Meanwhile, besides the times that Matt accompanied Maurice, he rode an additional 16 times. If the total number of times Matt rode during that two weeks is three times the number of times Maurice had ridden before his visit, how many times had Maurice been horseback riding before visiting Matt?
Answer: During the two weeks, Matt rode a total of 16 times + 8 times = 24 times. Before his visit, Maurice had ridden 24 times / 3 = 8 times. The answer is 8.
[Question]For 12 servings of Chicken Surprise, you need 4.5 pounds of chicken and 24 ounces of stuffing. How many ounces would one serving of Chicken Surprise be?
[Answer]Chicken = 4.5 pounds = 72 ounces. Chicken + stuffing = 72 + 24 = 96 ounces. 96 / 12 = 8 ounces. Each serving would be 8 ounces. The answer is 8.
Q: Stacy is a high school Calculus teacher. She assigns 45 problems for homework. There are twice as many multiple choice problems as free response, and 7 more free response than true/false. How many true/false questions are there?
A: Let x represent the number of true / false questions. Free response:x + 7. Multiple choice: 2(x + 7) = 2x + 14. Total:x + x + 7 + 2x + 14 = 45. 4x + 21 = 45. 4x = 24. x = 6 true / false questions. The answer is 6.
Question: Olivia bought two packs of basketball cards at $3 each, and 5 decks of baseball cards at $4 each. If she had one $50 bill, how much change did she receive?
Answer: Two packs of basketball cards cost 2 x $3 = $6. Five decks of baseball cards cost 5 x $4 = $20. Thus, the total cost of the cards was $6 + $20 = $26. Therefore, Olivia received change of $50 - $26 = $24. The answer is 24.
[Question]Erin put 16 curlers in her hair. One-fourth of the curlers are small pink ones. There are twice as many medium blue curlers as there are pink ones. The rest are large green curlers. How many large green curlers does Erin have in her hair?
[Answer]There are 16 curlers in all and ¼ of them are pink or 16 curlers / 4 = 4 pink curlers. There are twice as many blue curlers as there are pink ones, so there are 4 pink x 2 = 8 blue curlers. Together, there are 4 pink curlers + 8 blue curlers = 12 pink and blue curlers in Erin’s hair. The remaining curlers are green, so of the 16 total curlers – 12 pink and blue curlers = 4 green curlers are in Erin’s hair. The answer is 4.
[Question]John Smith buys 3 cakes for $12 each and splits the cost with his brother. How much did he pay?
[Answer]
The cakes cost 3 * 12 = $36. So he paid 36 / 2 = $18. The answer is 18.