Question: Evan’s dog weighs 63 pounds; it weighs 7 times as much as Ivan’s dog. Together, what is the weight of the dogs?
Answer: Ivan's dog weighs 63 / 7 = 9 pounds. Thus, the two dogs weigh 63 + 9 = 72 pounds. The answer is 72.
[Question]Archie holds the school record for most touchdown passes with 89 in a season of 16 games. Richard is close to breaking the record, having averaged 6 touchdowns a game in the first 14 games. How many touchdowns per game must he average in the final two games to beat Archie's record?
[Answer]Richard has scored 84 touchdowns because 14 x 6 = 84. To beat the record he must score 90 touchdowns because 89 + 1 = 90. He needs 6 more touchdowns to beat the record because 90 - 84 = 6. He has two games left because 16 - 14 = 2. He needs to average 3 touchdowns a game to beat the record because 6 / 2 = 3. The answer is 3.
Q: Elsie has a specific amount of wet wipes in a container in the morning. Throughout the day, she refills the container with 10 more wipes after using up 20. By nighttime, she only has 60 wipes left. How many wipes were in the container in the morning?
A: Let w be the number of wet wipes Elsie had in the morning. Throughout the day, she used w - 20 wet wipes. Once that happened, she had to refill the container resulting in w - 20 + 10 = w - 10 wet wipes. By nighttime, she had w - 10 = 60 wipes. So then, w = 60 + 10 = 70. She started with w = 70 wipes. The answer is 70.
Question: Marnie opens a bag of chips and eats 5 of them to see if she likes them. She does, so she eats 5 more. The bag has 100 chips in it and starting on the second day she has them, Marnie eats 10 each day. How many days does it take for Marnie to eat the whole bag of chips?
Answer: Marnie has already eaten 5 of the chips + 5 more = 10 chips Marnie ate. The bag has 100 chips in it and Marnie has only eaten 10, 100 - 10 = 90 chips left. If Marnie eats 10 chips a day starting from the second day she has them, it will take her 90 chips in the bag / 10 chips Marine eats a day = 9 days to eat the whole bag. However, Marnie also ate chips on the first day she bought them, so 9 + 1 = 10 days to eat the whole bag. The answer is 10.
[Question]A thirsty traveler found an oasis in the desert. He drank 32 ounces of water. His camel drank seven times as much as he did. There are 128 ounces in a gallon. How many gallons of water did they drink altogether?
[Answer]The traveler’s camel drank 7 * 32 = 224 ounces of water. Together, the traveler and his camel drank 32 + 224 = 256 ounces. Thus, they drank 256 / 128 = 2 gallons of water altogether. The answer is 2.
[Question]Eve wants to buy her 3 nieces cooking gear that's made for kids. The hand mitts cost $14.00 and the apron is $16.00. A set of 3 cooking utensils is $10.00 and a small knife is twice the amount of the utensils. The store is offering a 25% off sale on all cooking gear. How much will Eve spend on the gifts?
[Answer]
A small knife is twice the amount of the utensils that costs $10.00 so the knife costs 2 * 10 = $20.00. All total, each little kit will costs $14.00 for mitts, $16.00 for an apron, $10.00 for utensils and $20.00 for a knife for a total of 14 + 16 + 10 + 20 = $60.00. Each kit costs $60.00 and they are currently 25% off so that's a savings of 60 * .25 = $15.00. The kits are $60.00 and they are $15.00 off so they now cost 60 - 15 = $45.00. She needs to buy 3 kits and each kit costs $45.00 so that's 3 * 45 = $135.00. The answer is 135.