Q: Dr. Banks had 330 toothbrushes to give away to his patients. He gave away 53 toothbrushes in January. He gave away 67 toothbrushes in February. In March he gave away 46 toothbrushes. In April and May, he gave away the remaining toothbrushes, half each month. How many more toothbrushes did Dr. Banks give out in the busiest month versus the slowest month?
A: Through March, Dr. Banks gave out 53 + 67 + 46 = 166 toothbrushes. Before giving away toothbrushes in April, he had 330 - 166 = 164 toothbrushes remaining. Between April and May, he gave out the remaining 164 / 2 = 82 toothbrushes each month. Dr. Banks gave 82 toothbrushes in his busiest month and 46 toothbrushes during the slowest month. The difference would be 82 - 46 = 36 more toothbrushes in the busiest month. The answer is 36.
Question: Kayden's business delivered an equal number of the 400 cartons of milk it had processed to four of its customers in different towns. However, each of the four customers returned 60 cartons damaged during delivery. What's the total number of cartons that were accepted by the customers?
Answer: Each of the four customers received delivery of 400 / 4 = 100 cartons of milk. Since each customer returned 60 cartons that were damaged during delivery, the number of cartons accepted is 100 - 60 = 40 cartons by each customer. If each customer accepted 40 cartons, the total number of cartons that the four customers did not return is 40 * 4 = 160. The answer is 160.
[Question]Joy has 250 feet of tape. She wants to wrap the tape around a field that is 20 feet wide and 60 feet long. How much tape will Joy have left over after wrapping tape around the field once?
[Answer]The perimeter of the field is 20 + 20 + 60 + 60 = 160 feet. Joy will have 250 - 160 = 90 feet of tape left over. The answer is 90.
Q: Marian's pending credit card balance is $126.00. She puts $60.00 worth of groceries on her card and half that amount in gas. She returned some bath towels for $45.00. What's the new balance on her credit card?
A: Her gas is half the price as her $60.00 groceries so that's 60 / 2 = $30.00 in gas. Her card has a balance of $126.00 and she added $60.00 in groceries and $30.00 in gas for a total of 126 + 60 + 30 = $216.00. Her balance is $216.00 and she returns $45.00 worth of merchandise for a new balance of 216 - 45 = $171.00. The answer is 171.
Question: Milly is making feather boas for her dance team. Each flamingo has 20 tail feathers, and it's only safe to pluck 25% of their tail feathers at one time. If Milly needs to make 12 boas, and each boa has 200 feathers, how many flamingoes does she need to harvest?
Answer: First find the number of feathers Milly can get from one flamingo: 20 feathers * 25% = 5 feathers. Then find how many feathers she needs total: 12 boas * 200 feathers / boa = 2400 feathers. Then divide the number of feathers she needs by the number of feathers per flamingo to find the number of flamingoes she needs to harvest: 2400 feathers / 5 feathers / flamingo = 480 flamingoes. The answer is 480.
Q: There are 3 rows of people relaxing at the beach. The first row is made up of 24 people until 3 people get up to wade in the water. 5 people from the second row, which originally held 20 people, go to join them. The third row is made up of 18 people. How many people are left relaxing on the beach?
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In the first row, there are now 24 – 3 = 21 people. In the second row, there are now 20 – 5 = 15 people. So in total there are 21 in the first row + 15 in the second row + 18 in the third row = 54 people. The answer is 54.