Question: Two birds making a nest each made 10 round trips collecting building materials. If the building materials were located 200 miles from where they were building the nest, what is the total distance the birds covered in the trips?
Answer: In one round trip, traveling to and from the building materials location, one bird covers 2 * 200 = 400 miles. If in one round trip one bird covers 400 miles, in 10 round trips, it covers 400 * 10 = 4000 miles. Since there were two birds collecting the materials, they covered a combined 4000 + 4000 = 8000 miles collecting the building materials in 10 round trips. The answer is 8000.
[Question]The basketball team is practicing their free-throws, making as many as they can in one minute. DeShawn made 12 free-throws, and Kayla made 50% more than DeShawn. If Annieka made 4 fewer than Kayla, how many did Annieka make?
[Answer]Kayla made 12 * 1.50 = 18 free - throws. Annieka made 18 - 4 = 14 free - throws. The answer is 14.
Q: Bridget counted 14 shooting stars in the night sky. Reginald counted two fewer shooting stars than did Bridget, but Sam counted four more shooting stars than did Reginald. How many more shooting stars did Sam count in the night sky than was the average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them?
A: Reginald counted two fewer shooting stars than did Bridget, or a total of 14 - 2 = 12 shooting stars. Sam counted 4 more shooting stars than did Reginald, or a total of 12 + 4 = 16 shooting stars. The average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them was (14 + 12 + 16) / 3 = 14 shooting stars. Thus, Sam counted 16 - 14 = 2 more shooting stars than was the average number of shooting stars observed for the three of them. The answer is 2.
Question: Michael buys his suit for $430 and shoes for $190. So, if he gets a $100 discount, what was the amount that he paid to the seller?
Answer: The amount before the deduction is $430 + $190 = $620. The amount paid to the seller after the discount is $620 - $100 = $520. The answer is 520.
[Question]I have purchased 5 blue apples at the store. Suppose my neighbor gives me twice as many yellow apples as I have blue ones, and then I give my son 1/5 of the total number of apples; how many apples do I have now?
[Answer]The number of blue apples is 5, and if you receive twice as many yellow apples as the number of blue apples, there will be 5 * 2 = 10 yellow apples. After receiving the yellow apples, you now have 10 yellow apples + 5 blue apples = 15 apples. When you give 1 / 5 of the total number of apples to the son, you part with 1 / 5 * 15 = 3 apples. The total number of apples remaining is 15 - 3 = 12 apples. The answer is 12.
[Question]A psychiatrist has 4 patients that need 25 sessions in total. One of the patients needs 6 sessions. Another patient needs 5 more than that. How many sessions would the remaining patients need?
[Answer]
The second patient needs 6 + 5 = 11 sessions. The first two patients need 6 + 11 = 17 sessions total. 25 - 17 = 8 sessions. The answer is 8.