Q: Tate finishes high school in 1 year less than normal. It takes him 3 times that long to get his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. How many years did he spend in high school and college?
A: He finished high school in 4 - 1 = 3 years. It takes him 3 * 3 = 9 years to finish tertiary education. So he spends 3 + 9 = 12 years on this education. The answer is 12.
Question: On Monday, a restaurant sells forty dinners. On Tuesday, it sells 40 more dinners than it did Monday. On Wednesday, it sells half the amount of dinners it sold on Tuesday. On Thursday they changed their recipe, and then sold 3 more dinners than they did on Wednesday. How many dinners were sold in those 4 days?
Answer: On Tuesday the restaurant sells 40 + 40 = 80 dinners. On Wednesday the restaurant sells 80 / 2 = 40 dinners. On Thursday the restaurant sells 40 + 3 = 43 dinners. In those 4 days, the restaurant sells a total of 40 + 80 + 40 + 43 = 203 dinners. The answer is 203.
[Question]Sara sent letters to her friend in China every month. She sent 6 letters in January, 9 letters in February, and in March she sent triple the number of letters she sent in January. How many letters does Sara send?
[Answer]Combining January and February, Sara sent 6 + 9 = 15 letters. In March, she sent 3 * 6 = 18 letters. Altogether, Sara sent 15 + 18 = 33 letters. The answer is 33.
Q: Mr. Rainwater has some goats, 9 cows and some chickens. He has 4 times as many goats as cows and 2 times as many goats as chickens. How many chickens does he have?
A: Let X be the number of chickens Mr. Rainwater has. He has 4 goats / cow * 9 cows = 36 goats on his farm. So he has 36 goats / 2 goats / chicken = 18 chickens. The answer is 18.
Question: There are four times as many boys at Lulu's party as girls. Each boy paid twice the money that each girl paid to attend the party. If there are 40 boys at the party and each boy paid $50 to attend the party, calculate the total amount of money collected at the party.
Answer: The total amount of money collected from the boy's payment is 40 * $50 = $2000. There are four times as many boys at Lulu's party as girls, meaning there are 40 / 4 = 10 girls at the party. since each boy paid twice the money that each girl paid to attend the party, each girl paid $50 / 2 = $25. The total amount of money collected from the girl's payment is $25 * 10 = $250. The total amount of money collected at the party is $250 + $2000 = $2250. The answer is 2250.
Q: Surfers enjoy going to the Rip Curl Myrtle Beach Surf Festival. There were 1500 surfers at the Festival on the first day, 600 more surfers on the second day than the first day, and 2/5 as many surfers on the third day as the first day. What is the average number of surfers at the Festival for the three days?
A:
If there were 1500 surfers on the first day, the total for the second day is 1500 surfers + 600 surfers = 2100 surfers. On the third day, the number of surfers was 2 / 5 * 1500 surfers = 600 surfers. The total number of surfers at the Festival in the three days was 1500 surfers + 2100 surfers + 600 surfers = 4200 surfers. The average number of surfers at the Beach Surf Festival for the three days is 4200 surfers / 3 days = 1400 surfers / day. The answer is 1400.