Q: Avery puts 4 shirts in the donation box. He adds twice as many pants as shirts in the box. He throws in half as many shorts as pants in the box. In total, how many pieces of clothes is Avery donating?
A: The total number of shirts in the donation box is 4. The total number of pants in the donation box is 4 x 2 = 8. The total number of shorts in the donation box is 8 / 2 = 4. The total number of clothes donated is 4 + 8 + 4 = 16 pieces. The answer is 16.
Question: A 10 m long and 8 m wide rectangular floor is to be covered with a square carpet with 4 m sides. How many square meters of the floor are uncovered?
Answer: The area of the floor is 10 m x 8 m = 80 square meters. The area of the carpet is 4 m x 4 m = 16 square meters. Therefore, the area of the floor not covered by the carpet is 80 square meters - 16 square meters = 64 square meters,. The answer is 64.
[Question]Four small boxes can fit in one big box. If 50 big boxes can fit four small boxes each, each having 40 candles, calculate the total number of candles in all small boxes.
[Answer]If 50 big boxes are fit 4 small boxes each, the number of small boxes is 4 * 50 = 200. Since the small boxes have 40 candles each, there are 40 * 200 = 8000 candles in total. The answer is 8000.
Q: Robe's car broke and he used $10 from his savings to pay for the repair. Before the repair, he bought 2 kinds of spare parts. A corner light that costs twice the price of the repair fee, and two brake disks; each disk cost thrice the price of the corner light. After that, he had $480 savings left. How much money did Robe have saved before his car broke?
A: The corner light cost $10 x 2 = $20. Each brake disk costs $20 x 3 = $60. So, the total price of the brake disks is $60x 2 = $120. He spent $10 + $20 + $120 = $150 for the repair. Therefore, Robe has saved $480 + 150 = $630 before his car broke. The answer is 630.
Question: Emma bought 3 dozens of macarons in addition to her 10 pieces of macarons for a party. If 15 pieces of macarons are left over, how many pieces of macarons were eaten?
Answer: Three dozens of macarons are equal to 3 x 12 = 36 pieces of macarons. So Emma has a total of 36 + 10 = 46 pieces of macarons for the party. Therefore, 46 - 15 = 31 pieces of macarons were eaten. The answer is 31.
Q: Caprice is taking piano lessons. Her mother pays the teacher $10 for every half-hour of teaching her daughter. If Caprice is taking one lesson per week, and the lesson lasts 1 hour, how much money would the teacher earn in 5 weeks?
A:
If half - hour lesson is worth $10, then a one - hour lesson costs 2 * 10 = $20. One lesson per week would mean that in 5 weeks the teacher would earn 20 * 5 = $100. The answer is 100.