[Question]There are 285 sweets in the bowl. If 49 of the sweets are red and 59 of the sweets are green, how many of the sweets are neither red nor green?
[Answer]There are 49 + 59 = 108 red or green sweets in the bowl. There are 285 - 108 = 177 sweets that are neither red nor green. The answer is 177.
Q: Shawna has 7 acorns. Sheila has 5 times as many acorns as Shawna, but 3 fewer acorns than Danny. How many acorns do they have altogether?
A: Sheila has 7 x 5 = 35 acorns. Danny has 35 + 3 = 38 acorns. Altogether, they have 7 + 35 + 38 = 80 acorns. The answer is 80.
Question: Sylvia had one-fifth of incorrect answers in the exam, while Sergio got 4 mistakes. If there were 50 questions, how many more correct answers does Sergio have than Sylvia?
Answer: Sylvia got 50 / 5 = 10 incorrect answers. This means she got 50 - 10 = 40 correct answers. Sergio got 50 - 4 = 46 correct answers. So, Sergio got 46 - 40 = 6 more correct answers than Sylvia. The answer is 6.
[Question]Evergreen Elementary school has 100 students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. There are 30 students in Grade 4 and 35 students in Grade 5. How many students are in Grade 6?
[Answer]There are 30 + 35 = 65 students in Grades 4 and 5. Therefore, there are 100 - 65 = 35 students in Grade 6. The answer is 35.
Q: Mrs. Lacson harvested 80 sweet potatoes. She sold 20 of them to Mrs. Adams and 15 of them to Mr. Lenon. How many sweet potatoes are not yet sold?
A: Mrs. Lacson sold a total of 20 + 15 = 35 sweet potatoes. Hence, there are still 80 - 35 = 45 sweet potatoes left unsold. The answer is 45.
Question: Paul goes fishing every Saturday. Last week he was able to catch 5 fish for every 2 hours he was fishing. How many fish did he catch when he was fishing for 12 hours?
Answer:
Paul caught 5 fish 12 / 2 = 6 times that day. So he was able to catch in total 6 * 5 = 30 fish. The answer is 30.