[Question]Caleb is baking a birthday cake for his grandfather. His grandfather is turning 79 years old. Caleb puts three colors of candles on the cake. He puts one candle for each year for his grandfather. He puts 27 yellow candles, 14 red candles and the rest are blue candles. How many blue candles did he use?
[Answer]Caleb has put 27 + 14 = 41 yellow and red candles. So, he used 79 - 41 = 38 blue candles. The answer is 38.
Q: Jerome bought 5 new toy cars last month. This month he bought twice as many so that he has 40 toy cars now. How many toy cars did Jerome have originally?
A: Jerome bought 5 x 2 = 10 toy cars this month. So he bought a total of 5 + 10 = 15 toy cars. Therefore, Jerome had 40 - 15 = 25 toy cars originally. The answer is 25.
Question: James and 4 of his friends volunteered to plant flowers. In 2 days, they were able to plant a total of 200 flowers. If each of them planted the same number of flowers, how many flowers did James plant in a day?
Answer: There were 1 + 4 = 5 of them who volunteered to plant flowers. Each day, the 5 of them planted a total of 200 / 2 = 100 flowers. Thus, James planted 100 / 5 = 20 flowers in a day. The answer is 20.
[Question]Renaldo drove 15 kilometers. Ernesto drove 7 kilometers more than one-third of Renaldo's distance. How many kilometers did the 2 men drive in total?
[Answer]Renaldo = 15 km. Ernesto = (1 / 3) * 15 + 7 = 12 km. Total = 15 + 12 = 27 km. Renaldo and Ernesto drove a total of 27 kilometers. The answer is 27.
Q: Hannah brought $30 to the county fair. She spent half of it on rides and another $5 on dessert. How much, in dollars, is left?
A: She spent $30 / 2 = $15 on rides. She spent a total of $15 + $5 = $20 including dessert. She has $30 - $20 = $10 left. The answer is 10.
Question: A luxury bag costs $3000. A reseller wants to get a 15% profit. How much should she sell the bag?
Answer:
The reseller wants to get $3000 x 15 / 100 = $450 profit. Thus, she needs to sell it for $3000 + $450 = $3450. The answer is 3450.