Q: John buys dinner plates and silverware. The silverware cost $20. The dinner plates cost 50% as much as the silverware. How much did he pay for everything?
A: The dinner plates cost 20 * .5 = $10. So he paid 10 + 20 = $30. The answer is 30.
Question: On a moonless night, three fireflies danced in the evening breeze. They were joined by four less than a dozen more fireflies, before two of the fireflies flew away. How many fireflies remained?
Answer: Four less than a dozen is 12 - 4 = 8. The three fireflies were joined by four less than a dozen more fireflies, for a total of 3 + 8 = 11 fireflies. Two flew away, leaving 11 - 2 = 9 fireflies remaining. The answer is 9.
[Question]Joshua, Jose, and Albert are collecting rocks. Joshua collected 80 rocks while Jose collected 14 fewer rocks. Albert has collected 20 more rocks than Jose. How many more rocks did Albert collect than Joshua?
[Answer]Jose collected 80 - 14 = 66 rocks. Albert collected 66 + 20 = 86 rocks. Thus, Albert collected 86 - 80 = 6 more rocks than Joshua. The answer is 6.
Q: Markese earned 5 fewer dollars than Evan. Together they earned $37. How many dollars did Markese earn? Use E to represent how many dollars Evan earned.
A: E = Evan's earnings. Markese's earnings = E - 5. E + E - 5 = 37. 2E = 42. E = 21. Evan made $21 so Markese earned 21 - 5 = 16. Markese earned $16. The answer is 16.
Question: Thomas has 25 drawings to display. 14 of the drawings were made using colored pencils. 7 of the drawings were made using blending markers. The rest of the drawings were made with charcoal. How many are charcoal drawings?
Answer: Thomas made 14 + 7 = 21 colored pencil and blending marker drawings. Thomas made 25 total drawings – 21 colored pencil and blending marker drawings = 4 charcoal drawings. The answer is 4.
Q: A certain kind of wild mushroom has either spots or gills, but never both. Gilled mushrooms are rare, with only one growing for every nine spotted mushrooms that grow. A fallen log had 30 mushrooms growing on its side. How many gilled mushrooms were on the fallen log’s side?
A:
There is 1 gilled mushroom for every 1 + 9 = 10 mushrooms. Thus, there were 30 / 10 = 3 gilled mushrooms on the fallen log’s side. The answer is 3.