Q: Every time Carl earned $0.50 he would go to the corner market and buy a candy bar. Carl's neighbor said he would pay him $0.75 every week for taking out his trash. At the end of four weeks, how many candy bars will Carl be able to buy?
A: He is paid $0.75 every week for 4 weeks, so Carl made .75 * 4 = $3.00 in 4 weeks. Each candy bar cost $0.50 and he made $3.00 so 3.00 / .50 = 6 candy bars. The answer is 6.
Question: A road has four intersections. At the first intersection, there are 40 road signs showing different types of information mounted on the street poles. At the second intersection, 1/4 times more road signs than the first intersection are mounted on the street poles. The number of road signs at the third intersection is twice the number at the second intersection. If at the fourth intersection the number of road signs is 20 fewer than those at the third intersection, calculate the total number of road signs at the four intersections.
Answer: There are 1 / 4 * 40 = 10 more road signs at the second intersection than the first intersection. This means there are 40 + 10 = 50 road signs at the second intersection. The total number of road signs at the first and second intersection is 50 + 40 = 90. The third intersection has twice the number of road signs at the second intersection, meaning there are 2 * 50 = 100 road signs. The total number of road signs at first to the third intersection is 90 + 100 = 190 road signs. At the fourth intersection, the number is 20 fewer than at the third intersection, meaning there are 100 - 20 = 80 road signs. All four road intersections have 190 + 80 = 270 road signs in total. The answer is 270.
[Question]Fred was having a party and was responsible for buying canned soda. He figured every guest would drink 2 sodas and he was inviting 15 people to the party. The local store had a deal on sodas that week. Every 6 pack of canned sodas was on sale for $3.00. How much would it cost Fred to buy enough sodas for every guest to have 2 cans?
[Answer]He planned on 2 sodas per guest and invited 15 guests so 2 * 15 = 30 cans of soda. Each pack of soda had 6 cans. He needed to buy 30 cans of soda for his guest so 30 / 6 = 5 packs of soda. The soda was on sale for $3.00 per 6 pack and he was buying 5 packs so 3 * 5 = $15.00 for soda. The answer is 15.
Q: John buys 2 dozen cookies. He eats 3. How many cookies does he have left?
A: He got 2 * 12 = 24 cookies. So he has 24 - 3 = 21 cookies left. The answer is 21.
Question: A third of all the cats in the village have spots. A quarter of the spotted cats in the village are fluffy. If there are 120 cats in the village, how many of the cats are spotted and fluffy?
Answer: If a third of the cats have spots and a quarter of those are fluffy (1 / 3) x (1 / 4) = 1 / 12 cats are both fluffy and spotted. Out of 120 cats, 120 cats / 12 = 10 cats are spotted and fluffy. The answer is 10.
Q: Lara bought 52 stems of flowers at the flower shop. She gave 15 flowers to her mom and gave 6 more flowers than she gave to her mom to her grandma. She put the rest in a vase. How many stems of flowers did Lara put in the vase?
A:
Lara gave 15 + 6 = 21 stems of flowers to her grandma. She gave away 21 + 15 = 36 stems of flowers. Therefore, Lara put 52 - 36 = 16 stems of flowers in the vase. The answer is 16.