Question: Nigel won $45 but gave some away. His mother gave him $80 more. If now Nigel has $10 more than twice the amount he originally had, how much money did he give away?
Answer: Twice the amount Nigel originally had is 2 * 45 = 90 dollars. Now, Nigel has 10 dollars more, meaning that he has 10 + 90 = 100 dollars. Before his mother gave him 80 dollars, he had been left with 100 - 80 = 20 dollars. This means that Nigel gave away 45 - 20 = 25 dollars. The answer is 25.
[Question]Tom charges a fee of $100 a day to search for an item for the first 5 days and then $60 per day for every day after that. How much did it cost for him to look for an item for 10 days?
[Answer]The first 5 days cost 5 * 100 = $500. He gets 10 - 5 = 5 days on discount. He paid 5 * 60 = $300 at the discounted rate. So in total he pays 500 + 300 = $800. The answer is 800.
Q: Gerald wants to buy a meat pie that costs 2 pfennigs. Gerald has 54 farthings, and there are 6 farthings to a pfennig. How many pfennigs will Gerald have left after buying the pie?
A: First convert the number of farthings Gerald has to pfennigs by dividing by the exchange rate: 54 farthings / 6 farthings / pfennig = 9 pfennigs. Then subtract the cost of the meat pie to find how many pfennigs Gerald has left: 9 pfennigs - 2 pfennigs = 7 pfennigs. The answer is 7.
Question: Our small city has two buses. Each bus can have a capacity of 1/6 as much as the train, which has a capacity of 120 people. What is the combined capacity of the two buses?
Answer: Every bus has a capacity of: 120 * 1 / 6 = 20 people. Combined, both the buses have a capacity of 20 * 2 = 40 people. The answer is 40.
[Question]A 750 ml bottle of spirits costs $30.00 and has 16 servings per bottle. Most restaurants will charge $8.00 for one serving. How much money does a restaurant make on a bottle of spirits?
[Answer]There are 16 servings in 1 bottle and they charge $8.00 per serving so that's 16 * 8 = $128.00. 1 bottle yields $128.00 and they spent $30.00 for the bottle so they make 128 - 30 = $98.00 on each bottle. The answer is 98.
[Question]Micah, Dean, and Jake are all training for a marathon organized by a local NGO to support children in their town who have cancer. Micah runs 2/3 times as fast as Dean. It takes Jake 1/3 times more time to finish the marathon than it takes Mica. If Dean takes 9 hours, what's the total time the three take to complete the marathon?
[Answer]
If Dean takes 9 hours to finish the marathon, it takes Micah 2 / 3 * 9 hours = 6 hours to finish the marathon. It takes Jake 1 / 3 * 6 hours = 2 more hours to finish the marathon than Micah. Jake takes a total of 6 hours + 2 hours = 8 hours to finish the marathon. Micah, Dean, and Jake take a total of 8 hours + 6 hours + 9 hours = 23 hours to finish the marathon. The answer is 23.