[Question]There were 349 pieces of candy in a bowl. Talitha took 108 pieces and Solomon took 153 pieces. How many pieces of candy remain in the bowl?
[Answer]349 - 108 = 241 and 241 - 153 = 88. There are 88 pieces of candy left in the bowl. The answer is 88.
Q: Sedrach has 13 apple pies. If every apple pie can be quickly divided into halves and every half an apple pie can be split into 5 bite-size samples, how many people can taste Sedrach's apple pie if he divides them all into bite-size samples?
A: Every apple pie has 5 x 2 = 10 bite sizes. 13 x 10 = 130 people can taste Sedrach's apple pies. The answer is 130.
Question: Daisy’s milk cow provides 16 cups of milk per day. 75% of the milk is consumed by Daisy’s kids. Daisy uses 50% of the remaining milk to cook with. How much milk is left over?
Answer: The cow provides 16 cups of milk per day and the kids consume 75% so they drink 16 * .75 = 12 cups of milk. The cow provides 16 cups of milk and the kids drink 12 cups leaving 16 - 12 = 4 cups of milk. Daisy uses 50% of the remaining 4 cups of milk to cook with so she uses .50 * 4 = 2 cups of milk. She had 4 cups of milk and used 2 cups to cook with so that leaves 4 - 2 = 2 cups of milk. The answer is 2.
[Question]There were 18 stamps in Parker’s scrapbook. If Addie put one fourth of her 72 stamps in Parker’s scrapbook, how many stamps does he have now?
[Answer]Addie put 72 / 4 = 18 stamps in the scrapbook. Parker now has 18 + 18 = 36 stamps in his scrapbook. The answer is 36.
Q: Sue works in a factory and every 30 minutes, a machine she oversees produces 30 cans of soda. How many cans of soda can one machine produce in 8 hours?
A: Since there are 2 sets of 30 minutes in an hour, then in 8 hours there are 8 x 2 = 16 sets of 30 minutes. Hence, a machine that Sue oversees can produce 30 cans x 16 = 480 cans of soda in 8 hours. The answer is 480.
Question: At the feline sanctuary, there were 12 lions, 14 tigers, and several cougars. If there were half as many cougars as lions and tigers combined, then what was the total number of big cats at the feline sanctuary?
Answer:
Half as many cougars as lions and tigers combined is (12 + 14) / 2 = 13. Then the total number of big cats at the feline sanctuary is 12 + 14 + 13 = 39. The answer is 39.