[Question]A book library charges fifty cents per day on any book borrowed by its members to read outside the library's premises. At the start of May, Celine borrowed three books from the library to read at home for her upcoming examinations. If she returned one book 20 days after borrowing it, and the other two stayed at her house until the end of May, calculate the total amount of money that she paid at the library for lending the three books.
[Answer]Celine was charged $0.50 * 20 = $10 for the book she returned to the library after 20 days. If the other two books stayed at her house until the end of May, she paid 31 * $0.50 = $15.5 for each book. For the two books that stayed at her house until the end of May, Celine paid $15.5 * 2 = $31. For the three books, Celine paid $31 + 10 = $41. The answer is 41.
Q: At Mrs. Dawson's rose garden, there are 10 rows of roses. In each row, there are 20 roses where 1/2 of these roses are red, 3/5 of the remaining are white and the rest are pink. How many roses at Mrs. Dawson's rose garden are pink?
A: There are 20 x 1 / 2 = 10 red roses in each row. So there are 20 - 10 = 10 roses that are not red in each row. Out of the 10 remaining roses in each row, 10 x 3 / 5 = 6 roses are white. Thus, there are 10 - 6 = 4 pink roses in each row. Therefore, Mrs. Dawson has 4 pink roses each in 10 rows for a total of 4 x 10 = 40 pink roses in her rose garden. The answer is 40.
Question: Jerry is writing a script for a skit with three characters. The first character has eight more lines than the second character. The third character only has two lines. The second character has six more than three times the number of lines the third character has. How many lines does the first character in Jerry’s skit script have?
Answer: The second character has 6 + 3 * 2 = 6 + 6 = 12 lines. The first character has 12 + 8 = 20 lines. The answer is 20.
[Question]Susan is picking strawberries. She's trying to fill her basket, but out of every handful of 5 strawberries she can't help but eat one of them herself. If her basket holds 60 strawberries, how many berries will she actually pick before she fills it?
[Answer]Out of every 5 berries, she eats 1, so only 5 strawberries - 1 strawberry = 4 strawberries go into the basket for each handful. The basket holds 60 strawberries, so it will take 60 strawberries / 4 strawberries per handful = 15 handfuls to fill the basket. So in total, Susan will pick 60 strawberries + 15 handfuls * 1 strawberry eaten per handful = 75 strawberries. The answer is 75.
Q: Tilly counts 120 stars to the east of her house and six times that number to the west. How many stars does she count total?
A: First find the total number of stars she saw in the west: 120 stars * 6 = 720 stars. Then add the number she saw in the east to find the total number: 720 stars + 120 stars = 840 stars. The answer is 840.
Question: Emma's bank account has $100 in it. Each day of the week, she spends $8. At the end of the week, she goes to the bank and asks for as many $5 bills as her account can give her. She leaves the rest in the account. How many dollars remain in the account?
Answer:
She spend $56 because 7 x 8 = 56. She has $44 left in the bank because 100 - 56 = 44. She can get 8 five dollar bills because 44 / 5 = 8.8. This is equal to $40 because 8 x 5 = 40. She has $4 left in the account because 44 - 40 = 4. The answer is 4.