[Question]Alex makes luxury dresses out of silk. Each dress needs 5 meters of silk and Alex has 600 meters of silk in storage. His friends also want to learn how to make these dresses so Alex gives all 5 of them 20 meters of silk each. He uses the rest to make dresses himself. How many dresses can Alex make?
[Answer]Alex gives his friends a total of 5 friends * 20 meters of silk = 100 meters of silk. This means he has 600 – 100 = 500 meters of silk left in storage. He can therefore make 500 meters of silk / 5 meters of silk per dress = 100 dresses. The answer is 100.
Q: Audrey's key lime pie calls for 1/4 cup of key lime juice but she likes to double this amount to make it extra tart. Each key lime yields 1 tablespoon of juice. There are 16 tablespoons in 1 cup. How many key limes does Audrey need?
A: Her recipe calls for 1 / 4 cup of juice but she wants to double that so she needs 1 / 4 + 1 / 4 = 1 / 2 cup of lime juice. 16 tablespoons are in 1 cup and she only needs 1 / 2 cup so she needs 16 * .5 = 8 tablespoons of juice. 1 key lime yields 1 tablespoon of juice and she needs 8 tablespoons so she needs 1 * 8 = 8 key limes. The answer is 8.
Question: Stan weighs 5 more pounds than Steve. Steve is eight pounds lighter than Jim. If Jim weighs 110 pounds and the three of them crowd onto a scale at the same time, what is their total weight?
Answer: Steve weighs 110 - 8 = 102 pounds. Stan weighs 102 + 5 = 107 pounds. Their total weight is 102 + 107 + 110 = 319 pounds. The answer is 319.
[Question]Anna baked 60 cupcakes. She gives away 4/5 of the cupcakes to her classmates. Of the remaining 1/5 of cupcakes, she eats 3 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have left?
[Answer]After giving away 4 / 5 of the cupcakes, Anna has 60 / 5 = 12 cupcakes. After eating 3 cupcakes, Anna has 12 - 3 = 9 cupcakes. The answer is 9.
Q: Nadia walked 18 kilometers, which was twice as far as Hannah walked. How many kilometers did the two girls walk in total?
A: Hannah = (1 / 2) 18 = 9. 9 + 18 = 27 km. Together they walked 27 kilometers. The answer is 27.
Question: Mimi picked up 2 dozen seashells on the beach. Kyle found twice as many shells as Mimi and put them in his pocket. Leigh grabbed one-third of the shells that Kyle found. How many seashells did Leigh have?
Answer:
Mimi has 2 x 12 = 24 sea shells. Kyle has 24 x 2 = 48 sea shells. Leigh has 48 / 3 = 16 sea shells. The answer is 16.