Q: Marco uses a fifth of an ounce of dry tea leaves to brew his morning cup of tea each day. He buys tea leaves in boxes of 28 ounces. How many weeks of daily tea does Marco get from a box?
A: Marco gets 28 / 1 / 5 = 28 * 5 = 140 cups of tea from a box. At 7 days a week, Marco gets 140 / 7 = 20 weeks of daily tea from a box. The answer is 20.
Question: Between them, Mark and Sarah have 24 traffic tickets. Mark has twice as many parking tickets as Sarah, and they each have an equal number of speeding tickets. If Sarah has 6 speeding tickets, how many parking tickets does Mark have?
Answer: First figure out how many total speeding tickets the two people got by adding the 6 speeding tickets Sarah got to the equal number (6) that Mark got: 6 + 6 = 12. Now subtract the combined number of speeding tickets from the total number of tickets to find the combined number of parking tickets: 24 - 12 = 12. Now express Mark's number of parking tickets in terms of the number of parking tickets Sarah got: m = 2s. We know that m + s = 12, so substitute in the value of m from the previous step to get 2s + s = 12. Combine like terms to get 3s = 12. Divide both sides of the equation to get s = 4. Now multiply the number of parking tickets Sarah got by 2 to find the number Mark got: 4 * 2 = 8. The answer is 8.
[Question]Cassandra collected 5000 pennies for the charity drive. James collected 276 fewer pennies. How many pennies did they donate to charity?
[Answer]James has 5000 - 276 = 4724 pennies. They donated a total of 5000 + 4724 = 9724 pennies. The answer is 9724.
Q: Emmy has a collection of 14 iPods. She loses 6 out of the 14 she had but she still has twice as many as Rosa. How many iPods does Emmy and Rosa have together?
A: Emmy has 14 - 6 = 8 iPods left. Rosa has 8 / 2 = 4 iPods. Emmy and Rosa have 8 + 4 = 12 iPods together. The answer is 12.
Question: Cid owns a mechanic shop, he charges $20 for an oil change, $30 for a repair, and $5 for a car wash. How much money did he earn if he changed the oil of 5 cars, repaired 10 cars, and washed 15 cars?
Answer: The money he earned from an oil change is $20 x 5 = $ 100. The money he earned from the repair is $30 x 10 = $300. The money he earned from the car wash is $15 x 5 = $75. Therefore, Cid earned a total of $100 + $300 + $75 = $475. The answer is 475.
Q: A choir was singing a song that involved 30 singers. In the first verse, only half of them sang. In the second verse, a third of the remaining singers joined in. How many people joined in the final third verse that the whole choir sang together?
A:
In the first verse, 30 / 2 = 15 singers sang. In the second verse, 15 / 3 = 5 singers joined in. In the final verse, 30 - 15 - 5 = 10 singers joined for the whole choir to sing together. The answer is 10.