[Question]Alice and Bob decided to bake cookies for their first date. Alice baked 74 chocolate chip cookies and Bob baked 7 peanut butter cookies. After accidentally throwing some on the floor, Alice baked 5 more cookies and Bob baked 36 more. If they had 93 edible cookies at the end, how many were accidentally thrown on the floor?
[Answer]Before throwing the cookies, Alice and Bob baked 74 + 7 = 81 cookies. After throwing the cookies, they baked 5 + 36 = 41 cookies. In total, they baked 81 + 41 = 122 cookies. They threw 122 - 93 = 29 cookies on the floor. The answer is 29.
Q: Alex has 2 cakes that are each cut into 8 slices. A fourth of the slices are given away to his friends. A third of the remaining slices are given away to his family. Alex eats 3 slices. How many slices of the cake are left?
A: There are 2 * 8 = 16 slices of cake. There are 16 / 4 = 4 slices. There are 16 - 4 = 12 slices left. There are 12 / 3 = 4 slices given away. There are 12 - 4 - 3 = 5 slices of cake left. The answer is 5.
Question: Tanya went to the grocery store to buy some fruit. She bought 6 pears, 4 Granny Smith apples, 2 pineapples, and a small basket of plums, which were all placed in a single paper bag. Unfortunately, the bag that the fruit had been placed in had developed a hole. Therefore, as Tanya walked home, half of the fruit fell out of the bag. When she later counted the fruit left in the bag, there were only 9 pieces remaining. How many plums did she buy?
Answer: If half of the fruit equals 9 pieces, then Tanya bought 2 * 9 = 18 pieces of fruit. Thus, Tanya bought 18 - 6 - 4 - 2 = 6 plums. The answer is 6.
[Question]Anne is 2 times as tall as her sister while Bella is 3 times as tall as Anne. If Anne is 80cm tall, what is the height difference between Bella and Anne's sister?
[Answer]Anne is 2 times as tall as her sister hence 2 * (her sister's height) = 80cm. Her sister's height = 80cm / 2 = 40cm. Bella is 3 times as tall as Anne hence Bella's height is 3 * 80 cm = 240 cm. The height difference between Bella and Anne's sister = 240 - 40 = 200cm. The answer is 200.
Q: If Ruby is 2 centimeters shorter than Pablo. Pablo is 70 centimeters taller than Charlene. Janet is 62 centimeters tall and Charlene is twice that tall. How tall is Ruby?
A: Charlene is 2 * 62 cm = 124 cm tall. Pablo is 70 cm + 124 cm = 194 cm tall. Ruby is 194 cm - 2 = 192 cm tall. The answer is 192.
Question: Ashley had already blown up 12 balloons for the party when Andy took over and started blowing them up at a rate of 2 every five minutes. When Andy stopped, there were 50 balloons. For how many minutes did Andy blow up balloons?
Answer:
Andy blew up 50 balloons – the 12 balloons Ashley blew up = 38 balloons. We know how long it took Andy to blow up 2 balloons, so 38 balloons / 2 = 19 time increments. We know the time increment is 5 minutes, so 19 x 5 minutes = 95 minutes. The answer is 95.