[Question]There are 12 carpets in house 1, 20 carpets in house 2, and 10 carpets in house 3. If house 4 has twice as many carpets as house 3, how many carpets do all 4 houses have in total?
[Answer]House 4 has 2 * 10 house 3 carpets = 20 carpets. The total number of carpets across all houses is 12 + 20 + 10 + 20 = 62. The answer is 62.
Q: Michael has 4 packs of crayons and wants to buy 2 more. One pack of crayons costs $2.5. How much are all the packs of crayons Michael will have after the purchase worth?
A: After buying 2 more packs, Michael is going to have 4 packs + 2 packs = 6 packs of crayons. In total all packs are going to be worth 6 packs * $2.5 / pack = $15. The answer is 15.
Question: Jimmy and Irene go shopping for clothes on a Tuesday, where senior citizens get a 10% discount on their purchases. Jimmy picks out 3 shorts from the $15 rack. Irene grabs 5 shirts from the $17 rack. How much money do they give to the cashier?
Answer: Jimmy’s shorts cost 3 x $15 = $45. Irene’s shirts cost 5 x $17 = $85. Total cost for the clothes is $45 + $85 = $130. 10% discount on the clothes is $130 x 10% = $13. They give the cashier $130 - $13 = $117. The answer is 117.
[Question]Ken created a care package to send to his brother, who was away at boarding school. Ken placed a box on a scale, and then he poured into the box enough jelly beans to bring the weight to 2 pounds. Then, he added enough brownies to cause the weight to triple. Next, he added another 2 pounds of jelly beans. And finally, he added enough gummy worms to double the weight once again. What was the final weight of the box of goodies, in pounds?
[Answer]To the initial 2 pounds of jelly beans, he added enough brownies to cause the weight to triple, bringing the weight to 2 * 3 = 6 pounds. Next, he added another 2 pounds of jelly beans, bringing the weight to 6 + 2 = 8 pounds. And finally, he added enough gummy worms to double the weight once again, to a final weight of 8 * 2 = 16 pounds. The answer is 16.
Q: Thor is 13 times older than Captain America. Captain America is 7 times older than Peter Parker, and Ironman is 32 years older than Peter Parker. How old is Ironman if Thor is 1456 years old?
A: Captain America is 1456 / 13 = 112 years old. Peter Parker is 112 / 7 = 16 years old. Ironman is 16 + 32 = 48 years old. The answer is 48.
Question: A farmer has three trucks to carry water to his farm. Each truck uses three tanks with a capacity of 150 liters of water. How many liters of water in total can the farmer carry in his trucks?
Answer:
1 truck uses 3 tanks of 150 liters, so a truck can carry 3 tanks per truck * 150 liters = 450 liters per truck. The total amount of water the 3 trucks carry is 3 trucks * 450 liters per truck = 1350 liters. The answer is 1350.