[Question]A town council began the decade by planting cherry trees around the neighborhood to make the neighborhood look more welcoming. By the end of the decade, they have planted twice as many cherry trees as they originally planned and have now realized that falling cherry blossom leaves are causing a problem. Each tree drops 100 leaves each during the fall. If the town council originally intended to plant 7 cherry trees, how many leaves now fall from the trees?
[Answer]The council planted twice their goal so there is a total of 7 planned cherry trees * 2 = 14 cherry trees. So there must be 14 cherry trees * 100 leaves falling from each tree = 1400 leaves. The answer is 1400.
Q: While on vacation in New York, Greg went out for a lunch that cost $100. If sales tax in New York is 4% and he left a 6% tip, how much did Greg pay?
A: The sales tax is worth $100 x 4 / 100 = $4. Greg left $100 x 6 / 100 = $6 tip. So, the total cost for the tax and the tip is $4 + $6 = $10. Therefore, Greg paid $100 + $10 = $110 in all. The answer is 110.
Question: For the family reunion, Peter is buying 16 pounds of bone-in chicken and half that amount in hamburgers. He's going to buy 2 more pounds of hot dogs than hamburgers. He's also going to buy several sides that will weigh half the amount of hot dogs. How many pounds of food will he buy?
Answer: He is buying 16 pounds of chicken and half that amount in hamburgers so he's buying 16 / 2 = 8 pounds of hamburgers. He's going to buy 2 more pounds of hotdogs than hamburgers, which are 8 pounds so he'll have 2 + 8 = 10 pounds of hot dogs. He's going to buy sides that weigh half the amount of the hot dogs so that's 10 / 2 = 5 pounds of sides. He's buying 16 pounds of chicken, 8 pounds of hamburgers, 10 pounds of hot dogs and 5 pounds of sides for a total of 16 + 8 + 10 + 5 = 39 pounds of food. The answer is 39.
[Question]Aaron has four brothers. If the number of Bennett's brothers is two less than twice the number of Aaron's brothers, what is the number of Bennett's brothers?
[Answer]Twice the number of Aaron's brothers is 4 * 2 = 8. Bennett has 8 - 2 = 6 brothers. The answer is 6.
Q: Jan buys 5 dozen roses. Each rose cost $6. Since he bought so many he only needs to pay 80%. How much did he pay?
A: He got 5 * 12 = 60 roses. So the cost was 6 * 60 = $360. So he has to pay 360 * .8 = $288. The answer is 288.
Question: If two piles of toys added together make 120 toys in total, and the larger of the two piles is twice as big as the smaller one, how many toys are in the larger pile?
Answer:
First, we set up the equation 3x = 120, dividing both sides by three to find that x = 40. Then we multiply X by 2 to find that 40 * 2 = 80. As 80 / 2 = 40, and 40 + 80 = 120, we find the sizes of the two piles as the larger pile is twice as big as the smaller pile, confirming that 80 is the answer. The answer is 80.