Question: Mary is writing a story, and wants her 60 characters to be split according to their initials. Half of her characters have the initial A, and half of this amount have the initial C. Mary wants the rest of her characters to have the initials D and E, but she wants there to be twice as many characters with the initial D as there are characters with the initial E. How many of Mary’s characters have the initial D?
Answer: Half the characters have the initial A, which is a total of 60 / 2 = 30 characters. This means that 30 / 2 = 15 characters have the initial C. Mary wants the remaining 60 – 30 – 15 = 15 characters to have the initials D or E. For there to be twice as many characters with the initial D, the characters are divided into 2 + 1 = 3 parts. Dividing by this means there are 15 / 3 = 5 characters with the initial E. This leaves 15 – 5 = 10 characters with the initial D. The answer is 10.
[Question]Fred was having a party and was responsible for buying canned soda. He figured every guest would drink 2 sodas and he was inviting 15 people to the party. The local store had a deal on sodas that week. Every 6 pack of canned sodas was on sale for $3.00. How much would it cost Fred to buy enough sodas for every guest to have 2 cans?
[Answer]He planned on 2 sodas per guest and invited 15 guests so 2 * 15 = 30 cans of soda. Each pack of soda had 6 cans. He needed to buy 30 cans of soda for his guest so 30 / 6 = 5 packs of soda. The soda was on sale for $3.00 per 6 pack and he was buying 5 packs so 3 * 5 = $15.00 for soda. The answer is 15.
Q: Sarah is planning to do some baking. She buys 5 pounds of rye flour, 10 pounds of whole-wheat bread flour, and 3 pounds of chickpea flour. Sarah already had 2 pounds of whole-wheat pastry flour at home. How many pounds of flour does she now have?
A: She bought 5 + 10 + 3 = 18 pounds. She now has 18 + 2 = 20 pounds. The answer is 20.
Question: Teresa is 59 and her husband Morio is 71 years old. Their daughter, Michiko was born when Morio was 38. How old was Teresa when she gave birth to Michiko?
Answer: The difference in age between Teresa and Morio is 71 - 59 = 12 years. When their daughter is born, Teresa is 38 - 12 = 26 years old. The answer is 26.
[Question]There are six oranges in a fruit basket. There are two fewer apples than oranges. There are 3 times as many bananas as apples, and there are half as many peaches as bananas. How many pieces of fruit are in the fruit basket?
[Answer]There are 6 - 2 = 4 apples. There are 3 * 4 = 12 bananas. There is 1 / 2 x 12 bananas = 6 peaches. There is 6 oranges + 4 apples + 12 bananas + 6 peaches = 28 pieces of fruit. The answer is 28.
[Question]Lola’s rabbits keep having kittens each spring. During the first spring, her 10 breeding rabbits had 10 times as many kittens as the number of breeding rabbits Lola has, and half of the kittens got adopted. 5 of them had to be returned to Lola due to re-homing problems. During the next spring, her 10 breeding rabbits only had a total of 60 kittens, with 4 of the kittens being adopted. Including the breeding rabbits, how many rabbits does Lola have in her house?
[Answer]
Lola’s breeding rabbits made 10 * 10 = 100 offspring. 100 / 2 = 50 got adopted. 5 offspring came back which made Lola have 50 + 5 = 55 of them. In the next spring, 60 - 4 = 56 new offspring stayed with Lola. In total, there are 55 + 56 = 111 offspring. Including the breeding rabbits, there are 111 + 10 = 121 rabbits in total. The answer is 121.