Question: Jack has four plates with a flower pattern and 8 plates with a checked pattern. He buys new twice as many polka dotted plates as the number of checked plates he currently has, then smashes one of the flowered plates. How many plates does he have left?
Answer: Jack buys 2 * 8 = 16 polka dotted plates. After smashing one, he has 4 - 1 = 3 flower plates left. In total, he has 3 flower plates + 16 polka dotted plates + 8 checked plates = 27 plates. The answer is 27.
[Question]John gave his fiancee a $4000 ring on their engagement day, a $2000 car as a gift on their wedding day, and a diamond brace twice as expensive as the ring he gave her during the engagement. What's the worth of the presents John gave to her fiancee?
[Answer]If John gave his fiancee a $4000 ring on their engagement day, a $2000 car as a gift on their wedding day, the total cost for the two presents is $4000 + $2000 = $6000. He also gave his fiancee a diamond brace twice as expensive as the ring costing 2 * $4000 = $8000. The total worth of the presents John gave to his fiancee is $6000 + $8000 = $14000. The answer is 14000.
Q: Carly recently graduated and is looking for work in a field she studied for. She sent 200 job applications to companies in her state, and twice that number to companies in other states. Calculate the total number of job applications she has sent so far.
A: If she sent 200 job applications to her state, she sent 200 * 2 = 400 job applications to other states. The total number of job applications she has sent is 400 + 200 = 600. The answer is 600.
Question: Ashley wants a champagne toast at her wedding. She wants to serve 2 glasses of champagne to each of her 120 wedding guests. 1 bottle of champagne has 6 servings. How many bottles of champagne will she need?
Answer: She wants to serve 2 glasses of champagne to each of her 120 wedding guests so that's 2 * 120 = 240 servings. Each bottle holds 6 servings and she needs 240 servings so that's 240 / 6 = 40 bottles of champagne. The answer is 40.
[Question]Eric sorted 150 colored pencils into 5 containers for his art class. Before class, another teacher brought him 30 more pencils. How many can he evenly distribute between the five containers now?
[Answer]Before the extra colored pencils, he had 150 / 5 = 30 colored pencils in each container. With the other colored pencils, he is given he now has 150 + 30 = 180 colored pencils. If you distribute them evenly each container should have 180 / 5 = 36 colored pencils. The answer is 36.
[Question]Dorothy is 15 years old and wants to go to a museum with her family. Her family consists of her, her younger brother, her parents, and her grandfather. The regular ticket cost is $10. People 18 years old or younger have a discount of 30%. How much money will Dorothy have after this trip, when she currently has $70?
[Answer]
The discount per one ticket is 10 * 30 / 100 = $3. So Dorothy's and her brother's tickets are cheaper by 2 * 3 = $6. Her family consists of 5 people, so the ticket cost stands at 5 * 10 = $50. Including the discount will lower the price to 50 - 6 = $44 in total. Dorothy will be left with 70 - 44 = $26. The answer is 26.