Question: Joanna and Jacques had 40 and 60 gumballs, respectively, in their dishes. They then purchased 4 times the number of gumballs they had initially and added these to their dishes. If they decided to put together their gumballs and shared them equally, how many gumballs did each get?
Answer: When Joanna purchased 4 times the number of gumballs she initially had, she added 40 * 4 = 160 gumballs to her dish. The total number of gumballs Joanna had in her dish after buying 160 more is 160 + 40 = 200. At the same time, Jacques bought 60 * 4 = 240 new gumballs. When Jacques added his new 240 gumballs to his dish, the total number of gumballs increased to 240 + 60 = 300 gumballs. When they decided to put together their gumballs, they had 300 + 200 = 500 gumballs altogether. After sharing equally, each person got 500 / 2 = 250 gumballs. The answer is 250.
[Question]Jimmy and Irene go shopping for clothes on a Tuesday, where senior citizens get a 10% discount on their purchases. Jimmy picks out 3 shorts from the $15 rack. Irene grabs 5 shirts from the $17 rack. How much money do they give to the cashier?
[Answer]Jimmy’s shorts cost 3 x $15 = $45. Irene’s shirts cost 5 x $17 = $85. Total cost for the clothes is $45 + $85 = $130. 10% discount on the clothes is $130 x 10% = $13. They give the cashier $130 - $13 = $117. The answer is 117.
Q: Jack is running a bake sale to help pay for his basketball team's uniforms. He's already sold 4 brownies for $3 each and 5 lemon squares for $2 each. If Jack's goal is to make $50 and he sells cookies for $4 each, how many cookies does he need to sell to reach his goal?
A: Jack earned from the brownies $3 per brownie * 4 brownies = $12. Jack earned from the lemon squares $2 per square * 5 squares = $10. He still needs to earn $50 - $12 - $10 = $28. He sells cookies for $4 each, so Jack still needs to sell $28 / $4 = 7 cookies. The answer is 7.
Question: A man decides to try and do everything off his bucket list while he is still young and fit enough to finish it all. One of his goals was to climb the seven summits. He realizes first he has to get in shape to do it and it takes him 2 years of working out to get healthy enough to take up mountain climbing. He then spends twice that long learning how to be a technically proficient mountain climber. After that he starts with the simplest mountain on the list and climbs them all. He spends 5 months climbing each mountain. After that he takes 13 months learning to dive and dives through all the caves he wants in 2 years. How much time did it take to get through all these goals?
Answer: He spent 2 * 2 = 4 years learning to climb. He spends 5 * 7 = 35 months climbing all 7 mountains. After a 13 month break, he starts diving so that is 35 + 13 = 48 months. That means it is 48 / 12 = 4 years. So in total it all took 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 = 12 years. The answer is 12.
[Question]On a school trip to the seashore, Alan and his friends collected shells. Alan collected four times as many shells as Ben did. Ben got a late start and only collected a third of what Laurie did. If Laurie collected 36 shells how many did Alan collect?
[Answer]Ben collected 36 / 3 = 12 shells. Alan collected 12 * 4 = 48 shells. The answer is 48.
[Question]Amy is collecting candy for the car pool. She has 5 chocolate bars, 7 times as many M&Ms as chocolate bars, and 6 times as many marshmallows as M&Ms. Amy then arranges the candies into baskets. If she fills each basket with 10 candies, how many baskets will Amy fill?
[Answer]
Amy has 5 * 7 = 35 M&Ms. Amy has 35 * 6 = 210 marshmallows. Amy has 5 + 35 + 210 = 250 candies. She fills 250 / 10 = 25 baskets. The answer is 25.