Question: There are 70 cookies in a jar. If there are only 28 cookies left after a week, and Paul took out the same amount each day, how many cookies did he take out in four days?
Answer: Paul took out a total of 70 - 28 = 42 cookies in a week. Paul took out 42 / 7 = 6 cookies out of the jar each day. Over four days, Paul took out 6 * 4 = 24 cookies from the jar. The answer is 24.
[Question]Happy Island has 60 turtles. This means there are 10 more than 2 times as many turtles on Happy Island as on Lonely Island. How many turtles are there on Lonely Island?
[Answer]After subtracting 10 from the number of turtles on Happy Island, we get 60 - 10 = 50 turtles. Dividing this number by two, we find that the number of turtles on Lonely Island is 50 / 2 = 25 turtles. The answer is 25.
Q: Mary just arrived at the beach. She has 4 times as many towels as Frances does. The total weight of their towels is 60 pounds. If Mary has 24 towels, how much do Frances's towels weigh in ounces?
A: Frances has 24 / 4 = 6 towels. They have 24 + 6 = 30 towels. Each towel weighs 60 / 30 = 2 pounds. Frances’s towels weigh a total of 2 * 4 = 8 pounds. Frances’s towels weigh a total of 8 * 16 = 128 ounces. The answer is 128.
Question: Mr. Rocky went to the market to sell his handmade crafts on a particular week. He was selling jewelry at $30 each and paintings at $100 each. However, he realized the income from the sales wasn't worth the labor and materials he had used, so he decided to increase the price of jewelry by $10 each and the cost of each painting by 20%. Calculate the total price a buyer who takes two pieces of jewelry and five paintings would pay
Answer: After increasing the price of a piece of jewelry, the price increased from $30 to $30 + $10 = $40 each. He also increased the price of each painting by 20 / 100 * 100 = $20. The total price for buying one painting at the new price is $100 + $20 = $120. If a buyer purchases two pieces of jewelry, the total cost becomes 2 * $40 = $80. When the buyer also buys 5 paintings, he pays a total of $120 * 5 = $600. 2 pieces of jewelry and 5 paintings cost $600 + $80 = $680 at the new prices. The answer is 680.
[Question]James injured his ankle and decides to slowly start working back up to his previous running goals and then surpass them. Before the injury, he was able to run 100 miles per week. He wants to get up to 20% more than that total in 280 days and each week he will increase miles walked in the week by the same amount. How many miles does he need to add per week?
[Answer]He wants to run 100 * .2 = 20 miles more than he used to. So he needs to run 100 + 20 = 120 miles. He is doing this in 280 / 7 = 40 weeks. So he needs to add 120 / 40 = 3 miles per week. The answer is 3.
[Question]Jenny wants to read 3 books in the next 10 days. She can read 100 words per hour. If the first book has 200 words, the second book has 400 words, and the third book has 300 words, how many minutes per day, on average, should she spend reading?
[Answer]
She wants to read 200 + 400 + 300 = 900 pages total. She needs to spend 900 / 100 = 9 hours reading in the next three weeks. In minutes, she will need to spend 9 * 60 = 540 minutes. Thus, she should spend 540 minutes / 10 days = 54 minutes per day reading. The answer is 54.