Question: A school bought 20 cartons of pencils at the start of school. Pencils come in cartons of 10 boxes and each box costs $2. The school also bought 10 cartons of markers. A carton has 5 boxes and costs $4. How much did the school spend in all?
Answer: The school bought 20 x 10 = 200 boxes of pencils. The pencils cost 200 x $2 = $400. The school bought 10 x 5 = 50 boxes of markers. The markers cost 50 x $4 = $200. Thus, the school spent a total of $400 + $200 = $600. The answer is 600.
[Question]In a studio audience of 100 people, 40% of these people have an envelope taped underneath their chairs. 20% of these people will have "You Won" in their envelope, the rest will have empty envelopes. How many people will win a prize?
[Answer]40% of the 100 studio audience will have an envelope under their chair so .40 * 100 = 40 people will find an envelope. 20% of these 40 people will find a "You Won" notice so only .20 * 40 = 8 people will win. The answer is 8.
Q: Venus is at the deli to get subs for a party. She needs 81 inches of sub. The shop sells 5 and 8 inch subs. If she buys two 8 inch subs, how many 5 inch subs does she need to buy?
A: The two 8 inch subs total 16 inches because 2 x 8 = 16. She still needs 65 inches of sub because 81 - 16 = 65. She needs to buy 13 five inch subs because 65 / 5 = 13. The answer is 13.
Question: Harry is traveling home on the bus. He has already been sat on the bus for 15 minutes, and he knows the rest of the journey will take another 25 minutes. The walk from the bus stop to his house will take half the amount of time the bus journey took. In total, how many minutes will Harry have spent traveling?
Answer: The bus journey takes 15 + 25 = 40 minutes. The walk from the bus stop to his house will take Harry 40 / 2 = 20 minutes. So he will have been traveling for 40 + 20 = 60 minutes. The answer is 60.
[Question]The Lady Eagles basketball team scored a total of 311 points in 5 games. Some players combined for 188 points. Lisa, Jessie, and Devin equally scored the rest. How many points did Jessie score?
[Answer]Lisa, Jessie, and Devin scored 311 - 188 = 123 points. 123 / 3 = 41. Jessie scored 41 points. The answer is 41.
[Question]Kaylee needs to sell 33 boxes of biscuits. So far, she has sold 12 boxes of lemon biscuits to her aunt, 5 boxes of chocolate biscuits to her mother, and 4 boxes of oatmeal biscuits to a neighbor. How many more boxes of biscuits does Kaylee need to sell?
[Answer]
The number of boxes already sold is 12 + 5 + 4 = 21. Kaylee needs to sell 33 − 21 = 12 more boxes. The answer is 12.