Question: Paul makes pencils, making 100 pencils a day five days a week. He started the week with 80 pencils in his stock, and during the week he sold 350 pencils. How many pencils did he have in his stock at the end of the week?
Answer: Making 100 pencils a day, he made 100 pencils / day * 5 days / week = 500 pencils during the week. With the pencils from the stock, he got 500 pencils + 80 pencils = 580 pencils. Subtracting the ones he sold, he has 580 pencils - 350 pencils = 230 pencils. The answer is 230.
[Question]Nick is asking all his co-workers to chip in for a birthday gift for Sandra that costs $100. The boss agrees to contribute $15, and Todd volunteers to contribute twice as much since he always has to one-up everyone. If the remaining 5 employees (counting Nick) each pay an equal amount, how much do they each pay?
[Answer]First find Todd's contribution by doubling the boss's contribution: $15 * 2 = $30. Now subtract Todd and the boss's contributions to find out how much still needs to be paid: $100 - $30 - $15 = $55. Now divide the remaining cost by the number of employees to find the cost per employee: $55 / 5 employees = $11 / employee. The answer is 11.
Q: Laticia knitted 4 pairs of socks for her nephew. She did such a good job that everyone asked her to start selling them. In the first week, she knitted 12 pairs of socks. In the second week, she knitted 4 more pairs than the week before. On the third week, she only knitted half of the total of the first two weeks. In the fourth week, she knitted 3 fewer pairs than the week before. How many pairs of socks did Laticia knit altogether?
A: In the second week, she knitted 12 + 4 = 16 pairs of socks. In the first two weeks, she knitted 12 + 16 = 28 pairs of socks. On the third week, she knitted 28 / 2 = 14 pairs of socks. On the fourth week, she knitted 14 - 3 = 11 pairs of socks. Altogether, Laticia knitted 4 + 12 + 16 + 14 + 11 = 57 pairs of socks. The answer is 57.
Question: Rachel drinks 2 glasses of water on Sunday and 4 glasses of water on Monday. Then she drinks 3 glasses of water every day for the next 4 days. One glass of water is 10 ounces of water. If Rachel wants to drink a total of 220 ounces of water in the week (Sunday to Saturday), how many glasses of water should she drink on Saturday?
Answer: From Sunday and Monday, Rachel drinks 2 + 4 = 6 glasses of water. From Tuesday to Friday, Rachel drinks 3 * 4 = 12 glasses of water. The total glasses of water she drinks from Sunday to Friday is 6 + 12 = 18 glasses of water. The total ounces of water she drinks from Sunday to Friday is 18 * 10 = 180 ounces. The ounces of water she should drink on Saturday is 220 - 180 = 40 ounces. The glasses of water she should drink on Saturday is 40 / 10 = 4 glasses of water. The answer is 4.
[Question]A tree on a farm has 10 branches. Each branch has 40 sub-branches with 60 leaves each. If the total number of trees on the farm is 4 and they have the same number of leaves, calculate the total number of leaves on all the trees.
[Answer]If the tree's 10 branches have 40 sub - branches each, the total number of sub - branches on the tree is 10 * 40 = 400. Since each sub - branch has 60 leaves, the tree has 60 * 400 = 24000 leaves. If there are four trees on the farm with the same number of leaves, they all have 24000 * 4 = 96000 leaves. The answer is 96000.
[Question]The difference in the number of pens that Alice and Clara each have matches their age difference. Alice has 60 pens and Clara has 2/5 times as many pens as Alice. If Alice's age is 20 and Clara is older than Alice, calculate Clara's age in 5 years to come.
[Answer]
If Alice has 60 pens, Clara 2 / 5 * 60 = 24 pens. The number of pens that Alice has more than Clara is 60 - 24 = 36. Since Alice is 20, and the number of pens that Alice has more than Clara is their age difference, Clara is 20 + 36 = 56 years old. In five years, Clara's age will be 56 + 5 = 61 years. The answer is 61.