[Question]Grandma Molly created statues of turtles for her front lawn. The first year, she created 4 statues and placed them on her lawn. The second year, she quadrupled the number of statues on her front lawn. In the third year, she added another 12 statues to the front lawn, but a hail storm broke 3 of the statues, which she threw away. In the fourth year, she added twice as many new statues as had been broken the year before. At the end of the four years, how many turtle statues were on her front lawn?
[Answer]The second year, she quadrupled the number of statues in her front lawn, adding to the original 4 and bringing the total number to 4 * 4 = 16 statues. In the third year, she added another 12 statues, bringing the total number to 16 + 12 = 28 statues. But a hail storm broke 3, reducing the number to 28 - 3 = 25 statues. In the fourth year, she added twice as many new statues as had been broken the year before, adding 2 * 3 = 6 statues. Thus, the addition of these 6 statues brought the total number of statues to 25 + 6 = 31 statues. The answer is 31.
Q: Last year Dallas was 3 times the age of his sister Darcy. Darcy is twice as old as Dexter who is 8 right now. How old is Dallas now?
A: Darcy = 2 * Dexter = 2 * 8 = 16. Last year Darcy was 16 - 1 = 15. Dallas was 3 times Darcy last year = 3 * 15 = 45. Dallas is a year older now = 45 + 1 = 46. Dallas is 46 years old now. The answer is 46.
Question: Nancy buys 2 coffees a day. She grabs a double espresso for $3.00 every morning. In the afternoon, she grabs an iced coffee for $2.50. After 20 days, how much money has she spent on coffee?
Answer: She gets a double espresso for $3.00 every morning and an iced coffee for $2.50 in the afternoon so she spends 3 + 2.5 = $5.50 every day on coffee. After 20 days, she spends 20 * 5.5 = $110.00 on coffee. The answer is 110.
[Question]Paul is a chicken trader. One week he had 80 chickens in total to sell at the market. Before he left the farm, he sold his neighbor 12 chickens. At the gate, before the market opens, he got a quick customer and sold another 25 chickens. How many chickens was Paul left with to sell at the market?
[Answer]Before the market opened, Paul sold 12 + 25 = 37 chickens. So he had 80 - 37 = 43 chickens left to sell at the market. The answer is 43.
Q: Felicia is baking a cake. She needs 2 cups of flour, a cup of white sugar, a 1/4 cup of brown sugar, and a 1/2 cup of oil. Her only measuring scoop is 1/4 cup. How many times does she fill it to complete the measurements?
A: She fills it 8 times for the flour because 2 / (1 / 4) = 8. She fills it 4 times for the white sugar because 1 / (1 / 4) = 4. She fills is 2 times for the oil because (1 / 2) / (1 / 4) = 2. She fills it 1 time for the brown sugar because she needs exactly 1 / 4 of a cup. She fills is 15 times because 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 equals 15. The answer is 15.
Question: Faith is getting paid $13.50 per hour. She normally works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, plus 2 hours of overtime per day. How much will she earn by the end of the week?
Answer:
Faith earns $13.50 x 8 = $108 per day. Since she works 5 days a week, she earns 5 x $108 = $540 per week. She gets an additional 2 x $13.50 = $27 per day for the overtime pay. She earns a total of $27 x 5 = $135 additional pay for her weekly overtime. Therefore, Faith earns $540 + $135 = $675 per week. The answer is 675.