[Question]Sami finds 3 spiders in the playground. Hunter sees 12 ants climbing the wall. Ming discovers 8 ladybugs in the sandbox, and watches 2 of them fly away. How many insects are remaining in the playground?
[Answer]The children find 3 + 12 + 8 = 23 insects. After the ladybugs fly away, there are 23 - 2 = 21 insects. The answer is 21.
Q: Archibald eats 1 apple a day for two weeks. Over the next three weeks, he eats the same number of apples as the total of the first two weeks. Over the next two weeks, he eats 3 apples a day. Over these 7 weeks, how many apples does he average a week?
A: He ate 14 apples the first two weeks because 14 x 1 = 14. He ate 14 apples in the next three weeks because 14 = 14. He ate 42 apples in the final two weeks because 14 x 3 = 42. He ate 70 apples in total. He averaged 10 apples a week because 70 / 7 = 10. The answer is 10.
Question: Mckenna starts her day at 8:00 a.m. She works in her office up to 11:00 a.m. then joins her team of developers at the conference room to talk about projects up to 13:00, from which she works for another two hours and then heads home. How many hours does Mckenna stay at work?
Answer: From 8:00 to 11:00, Mckenna spends 11:00 - 8:00 = 3 hours at work. When she joins the developers in the conference room for the meeting, she spends an additional 13:00 - 11:00 = 2 hours at work. So far, she has spent 3 + 2 = 5 hours at work. When she works for an additional 2 hours before heading home, her total work hours become 5 + 2 = 7 hours. The answer is 7.
[Question]4.5 gallons of coffee were divided among 18 thermoses. Genevieve drank 3 thermoses. How many pints of coffee did Genevieve drink?
[Answer]4.5 gallons = 4.5 * 8 pints = 36 pints. 36 / 18 = 2 pints. Genevieve drank 2 * 3 = 6 pints of coffee. The answer is 6.
Q: James takes up dancing for fitness. He loses twice as many calories per hour as he did when he was walking. He dances twice a day for .5 hours each time and he does this 4 times a week. He burned 300 calories an hour walking. How many calories does he lose a week from dancing?
A: He burns 2 * 300 = 600 calories an hour. He dances for .5 * 2 = 1 hour per day. So he burns 600 * 1 = 600 calories per day. So he burns 600 * 4 = 2400 calories per week. The answer is 2400.
Question: Nicole has three older sisters. After each one outgrows their clothes, they give them to Nicole. They have all outgrown their clothes and have given them all to Nicole. Nicole started with 10 pieces of clothing. Her first older sister had half as many clothes as Nicole. The next oldest sister had 2 more pieces of clothing than Nicole. The oldest had the average of what her three younger sisters had. How many pieces of clothing does Nicole end up with?
Answer:
The first sister has 5 pieces of clothing because 10 / 2 = 5. The next sister had 12 pieces of clothing because 10 + 2 = 12. The three youngest sisters combined have 27 pieces because 10 + 5 + 12 = 27. The oldest has 9 pieces because 27 / 3 = 9. Nicole ends up with 36 pieces of clothing because 10 + 5 + 12 + 9 = 36. The answer is 36.