Question: It takes 15 mink skins to make a coat. Andy buys 30 minks and each mink has 6 babies, but half the total minks are set free by activists. How many coats can he make?
Answer: First find the total number of baby minks: 30 minks * 6 babies / mink = 180 minks. Add this to the number of adult minks: 180 minks + 30 minks = 210 minks. Then divide this number in half to find how many aren't set free: 210 minks / 2 = 105 minks. Then divide the remaining number of minks by the number of minks per coat to find the number of coats: 105 minks / 15 minks / coat = 7 coats. The answer is 7.
[Question]Billy weighs 9 pounds more than Brad. Brad weighs 5 pounds more than Carl. If Carl weighs 145 pounds, how much does Billy weigh, in pounds?
[Answer]Brad weighs 145 + 5 = 150 pounds. Billy weighs 150 + 9 = 159 pounds. The answer is 159.
Q: There are 20 students in a class. Only one-fourth of the students stayed in the classroom while the rest went to the playground. Of those who went to the playground, one-third are boys. How many girls are there on the playground from this class?
A: Out of the 20 students, 20 x 1 / 4 = 5 students stayed in the classroom. While 20 - 5 = 15 students went to the playground. Out of these 15 students, 15 x 1 / 3 = 5 are boys. Therefore, 15 - 5 = 10 girl students from this class are in the playground. The answer is 10.
Question: Francie saves up her allowance for several weeks. She receives an allowance of $5 a week for 8 weeks. Then her dad raises her allowance, and she receives $6 a week for 6 weeks. Francie uses half of the money to buy new clothes. With the remaining money, she buys a video game that costs $35. How much money does Francie have remaining after buying the video game?
Answer: When her allowance is $5 a week, Francie gets a total of $5 * 8 = $40. When her allowance is $6 a week, Francie gets a total of $6 * 6 = $36. The total amount of money Francie gets is $40 + $36 = $76. After purchasing new clothes, she has $76 / 2 = $38 remaining. After buying the video game, Francie has $38 - $35 = $3 remaining. The answer is 3.
[Question]Suraya picked 12 apples more than Caleb, and Caleb picked 5 apples less than Kayla. If Kayla picked 20 apples, how many more apples did Suraya pick than Kayla?
[Answer]Caleb picked 20 - 5 = 15 apples. Suraya picked 12 + 15 = 27 apples. Suraya picked 27 - 20 = 7 apples more than Kayla. The answer is 7.
[Question]Bert bought some unique stamps for his collection. Before the purchase, he had only half the stamps he bought. If he bought 300 stamps, how many stamps does Bert have in total after the purchase?
[Answer]
Before the purchase, Bert had 300 * 1 / 2 = 150 stamps. So after the purchase he has 300 + 150 = 450 stamps. The answer is 450.