Q: Alma is taking a walk and comes across four goats standing behind a fence. Alma has a bag of baby carrots she brought to have for a snack and decides to feed the goats with them. Alma wants to make sure all the goats get the same amount of carrots, so she starts counting them out. She has 47 baby carrots. If she wants to give the exact same amount of carrots to each goat and wants to feed them all the carrots she can, how many will she have left over?
A: Alma has 47 baby carrots to feed 3 goats, 47 / 4 = 11.75 baby carrots. If she takes away the remaining .75, each goat gets an even 11 carrots each. If Alma feeds 11 carrots to each of 4 goats, that's a total of 11 * 4 = 44 carrots Alma feeds the goats. She started with 47 baby carrots - 44 she feeds the goats = 3 baby carrots left over. The answer is 3.
Question: Maddie went to a beauty store and bought some beauty products. She bought 3 different makeup palettes which cost $15 each, 4 lipsticks which cost $2.50, and 3 boxes of hair color which cost $4 each. How much did Maddie pay in total?
Answer: She paid 3 x $15 = $45 for the makeup palettes. She paid 4 x $2.50 = $10 for the lipsticks. She also paid 3 x $4 = $12 for the boxes of hair color. Therefore, Maddie paid a total of $45 + $10 + $12 = $67 for the beauty products. The answer is 67.
[Question]Five years ago, there were 500 old books in the library. Two years ago, the librarian bought 300 books. Last year, the librarian bought 100 more books than she had bought the previous year. This year, the librarian donated 200 of the library's old books. How many books are in the library now?
[Answer]Last year the librarian bought 300 + 100 = 400 books. Thus, there were 500 + 300 + 400 = 1200 books as of last year. Therefore, there are 1200 - 200 = 1000 books now in the library. The answer is 1000.
Q: After collecting all the old electronics in their house, Lauryn made $2000 from selling the items on eBay. If her friend Aurelia also made 70% of what she sold on eBay after selling her used electronics, calculate the total amount of money the two friends made on eBay.
A: If Lauryn made $2000 from eBay, then her friend made 70 / 100 * $2000 = $1400. In total, the two friends made $2000 + $1400 = $3400. The answer is 3400.
Question: In the fall, 20,000 high school students apply to Harvard University for college. In the spring, 5% of those 20,000 students are accepted to the university. Of the students who are accepted, 90% choose to attend the university, and the other 10% choose to go to other schools. How many students choose to attend Harvard University?
Answer: The number of students accepted to the university is 20,000 * 0.05 = 1,000 students. The number of students who choose to attend the university is 1,000 * 0.9 = 900 students. The answer is 900.
Q: Sabrina is collecting herbs to make a poultice for her grandmother. She needs twice as many basil leaves as sage leaves and 5 fewer sage leaves than verbena leaves. If she needs 12 basil leaves, how many leaves total does she need?
A:
First find the number of sage leaves Sabrina needs: 12 basil / 2 basil / sage = 6 sage. Then add 5 to find the total number of verbena leaves she needs: 6 sage + 5 = 11 verbena. Finally, add up all the different leaves to find the total number: 6 sage + 11 verbena + 12 basil = 29 leaves. The answer is 29.