Question: There were 15 males and 10 more girls at the party. Each attendee received 2 cans of soft drinks. If Mary bought several boxes of soft drinks where a box contains 8 cans and is priced at $5 for each box, how much did Mary spend on soft drinks?
Answer: There were 10 + 15 = 25 girls in the party. So, there were a total of 15 + 25 = 40 attendees. 40 x 2 = 80 cans of soft drinks are needed. So, Mary bought 80 / 8 = 10 boxes of soft drinks. Therefore, Mary spent 10 x $5 = $50 on soft drinks. The answer is 50.
[Question]A store owner buys clothes wholesale and adds 80% to the wholesale price to set the retail price. The retail price of a pair of pants is $36. What is the wholesale price?
[Answer]Let X be the wholesale price. The retail price of a pair of pants is X + X * 80% = $36. Thus 1.8 * X = $36. Thus X = $36 / 1.8 = $20. The answer is 20.
Q: At a birthday party, there are 20 red balloons and 15 green balloons. Before the party started, 3 red and 2 green balloons burst. How many balloons are left?
A: There are a total of 20 + 15 = 35 balloons at the party. Out of the 35, 3 + 2 = 5 balloons burst. Thus, only 35 - 5 = 30 balloons are left. The answer is 30.
Question: John buys a box of 40 light bulbs. He uses 16 of them and then gives half of what is left to a friend. How many does he have left?
Answer: He had 40 - 16 = 24 left after using some. Then after giving some away he is left with 24 / 2 = 12. The answer is 12.
[Question]It takes a dog groomer 10 minutes to dry a short-haired dog like a beagle. It takes him twice as long to dry a full-haired, fluffy dog like a german shepherd. One morning, he has 6 short-haired dogs to dry and 9 full-haired dogs to dry. How many hours does it take him to dry all of the dogs?
[Answer]It takes 10 minutes to dry the coat of a short - haired dog and twice as long for a full haired dog so they take 10 * 2 = 20 minutes to dry. He had 6 short hair dogs and they took 10 minutes to dry each so they took 6 * 10 = 60 minutes to dry. He had 9 full haired dogs that took 20 minutes to dry each so they took 9 * 20 = 180 minutes to dry. Together is takes him 60 + 180 = 240 minutes to dry all of the dogs. 60 minutes are in 1 hour and he spends 240 minutes on the dogs so he worked for 240 / 60 = 4 hours drying the dogs. The answer is 4.
[Question]Gerald thought it would be funny to trick his coworker, who's allergic to peanuts, into eating a peanut butter cookie. When his coworker goes into anaphylactic shock and is taken to the hospital, Gerald is arrested. The judge sentences Gerald to 3 months for assault and 2 years for poisoning, then extends his sentence by 1/3 since this is Gerald's third offense. How many months does Gerald spend in jail?
[Answer]
First convert the 2 - year sentence to months: 2 years * 12 months / year = 24 months. Then add the 3 months for assault: 24 months + 3 months = 27 months. Then find how long the 1 / 3 extension is: 27 months / 3 = 9 months. Finally, add up the three lengths of time to find the total sentence length: 27 months + 9 months = 36 months. The answer is 36.