Question: Sweet Hope hosts a casino with 3 roulette tables labeled A, B, and C. At 6:00 pm, Table B had twice as much money on it as table C, which had $20 more than table A. If there was $40 on table A, how much money was there on all the tables?
Answer: If table C had $20 more than table A, then table C had $20 + $40 = $60. Roulette tables A and C had $60 + $40 = $100. Table B had twice as much money on it as table C, meaning table B had $60 * 2 = $120. Together, the three roulette tables had $120 + $100 = $220. The answer is 220.
[Question]Scott has 7 pairs of shoes. Anthony has 3 times as many pairs of shoes as Scott, and Jim has 2 less pairs than Anthony. How many more pairs of shoes does Anthony have compared to Jim?
[Answer]Anthony:7(3) = 21. Jim:21 - 2 = 19. Anthony has 21 - 19 = 2 more pairs of shoes. The answer is 2.
Q: A jar on the family's counter contains change they've been saving a trip to the ice cream shop. There are 123 pennies, 85 nickels, 35 dimes, and a number of quarters. All five family members get a double scoop, which costs $3 each. After the trip, they have 48 cents left over. How many quarters were in the jar?
A: The family spent $15 on ice cream because 5 x 3 = 15. They total amount of change they had was $15.48 because 15 + .48 = 15.48. They have $1.23 in pennies because 123 x .01 = 1.23. They have $4.25 in nickels because 85 x .05 = 4.25. They have $3.50 in dimes because 35 x .1 = 3.5. Without the quarters they have a total of $8.98 because 1.23 + 4.25 + 3.5 = 8.98. They have $6.5 worth of quarters because 15.48 - 8.98 = 6.5. They have 26 quarters because 6.5 / .25 = 26. The answer is 26.
Question: Isabella has three times as many green houses as yellow houses. She also has 40 fewer yellow houses than red houses. If she has 90 green houses, how many of her houses are not yellow?
Answer: If the number of green houses is three times the number of yellow houses, and there are 90 green houses, then there are 90 / 3 = 30 yellow houses. She also has 40 fewer yellow houses than blue houses, meaning there are 30 + 40 = 70 blue houses. The number of houses that are not yellow is 70 blue houses + 90 green houses = 160. The answer is 160.
[Question]Shelby was having a movie party for her birthday. She and her mom made a dozen bags of buttered popcorn and 10 bags of caramel popcorn. Her brother Alan took 3 bags of buttered popcorn and 1 bag of caramel popcorn for his friends. How many bags of popcorn does Shelby have left for the party?
[Answer]Shelby and her mom made 12 bags of buttered popcorn + 10 bags of caramel popcorn = 22 bags. Of those 22 bags, her brother took 3 bags of buttered popcorn + 1 bag of caramel popcorn = 4 bags. So now Shelby has 22 bags – 4 bags = 18 bags of popcorn left. The answer is 18.
[Question]It takes 3 men an hour to complete a job. If they are hired to work on 5 such similar jobs by a company that pays each of them $10 per hour, calculate the total amount of money the three will earn when they complete the jobs?
[Answer]
Since they are paid $10 each per hour of work and can complete a job in one hour, they earn a total of $10 * 3 = $30 together for an hour of work. If they earn together $30 for one job, for the five jobs, they'll earn $30 * 5 = $150. The answer is 150.