[Question]Jim spends 8 hours scuba diving. In that time he finds a treasure chest with 100 gold coins in it. He also finds 2 smaller bags that have half as much gold each. How much gold does he find per hour?
[Answer]The smaller bags each have 100 / 2 = 50 gold coins each. So in total, they have 50 * 2 = 100 coins. So he found 100 + 100 = 200 coins. So he finds 200 / 8 = 25 coins an hour. The answer is 25.
Q: Randy had 32 biscuits. His father gave him 13 biscuits as a gift. His mother gave him 15 biscuits. Randy’s brother ate 20 of these biscuits. How many biscuits are Randy left with?
A: After his father gave him 13 biscuits, Randy has 32 + 13 = 45 biscuits. After his mother gave him 15 biscuits, Randy has 45 + 15 = 60 biscuits. After his brother ate 20 of the biscuits. Randy has 60 – 20 = 40 biscuits. The answer is 40.
Question: Last week, Tony went to a toy store and bought $250 a set of Lego blocks, a $120 worth toy sword, and a $35 play dough. He bought 3 sets of lego, 7 toy swords, and 10 play doughs. How much did Tony pay in total?
Answer: The total cost for the legos are 3 x $250 = $750. The total cost for the toy swords is 7 x $120 = $840. The total cost for the play doughs is 10 x $35 = $350. Therefore the total cost for everything is $750 + $840 + $350 = $1940. The answer is 1940.
[Question]Susan earned $600 from babysitting over the summer. She went shopping and spent half of it on clothes. Then she spent half of what was left on books. How much money did she have left?
[Answer]Susan spent 600 / 2 = 300 on clothes. After buying clothes she had 600 - 300 = 300 dollars left. She spent 300 / 2 = 150 dollars on books. She had 300 - 150 = 150 dollars left. The answer is 150.
Q: A shopkeeper bought 150 packets of milk. Each packet contained 250 ml of milk. If one fluid ounce is equal to 30 ml, how many ounces of milk did he buy?
A: If the shopkeeper bought 150 packets of milk, each packet containing 250ml of milk, all the packets had a total of 250 * 150 = 37500ml. Since one ounce equal 30 ml, the total amount of milk that the shopkeeper bought in oz is 37500 / 30 = 1250 oz of milk. The answer is 1250.
Question: There are 100 lions in Londolozi at first. If lion cubs are born at the rate of 5 per month and lions die at the rate of 1 per month, how many lions will there be in Londolozi after 1 year?
Answer:
There are 5 - 1 = 4 more lions each month. There will be 4 * 12 = 48 more lions after 1 year. There will be 100 + 48 = 148 lions in Londolozi after 1 year. The answer is 148.